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PostgreSQL ODBC driver Changelog

What's new in PostgreSQL ODBC driver 4.5.1

Mar 28, 2024
  • Fixed the issue when establishing a connection with a connection string that contains unsupported parameters

New in PostgreSQL ODBC driver 4.5.0 (Mar 14, 2024)

  • Added support for PostgreSQL 16
  • Now passwords are stored in an encrypted form in the DSN record
  • Improved compatibility with FileMaker Server for Linux and macOS
  • Fixed connection timeout setting before opening connection
  • Fixed bug with handling the numeric data type

New in PostgreSQL ODBC driver 4.4.2 (Oct 4, 2023)

  • Fixed bug with driver license validation for Linked Server in MSSMS

New in PostgreSQL ODBC driver 4.4.1 (Aug 18, 2023)

  • Improved compatibility with 4D in macOS
  • Fixed bug with getting data in DBeaver
  • Fixed Windows XP installation bug

New in PostgreSQL ODBC driver 4.4.0 (May 17, 2023)

  • Added support for PostGIS
  • Added support for SQL_ATTR_MAX_ROWS attribute
  • Improved compatibility with Visual Basic in Visual Studio
  • Fixed bug with using Min Fetch Rows

New in PostgreSQL ODBC driver 4.3.0 (Nov 18, 2022)

  • Added support for PostgreSQL 15
  • Added support for macOS 13 Ventura
  • Added support for the SCRAM-SHA-256-PLUS authentication mechanism
  • Improved compatibility with Tableau Prep Builder
  • Improved compatibility with Crystal Reports
  • Improved the SSH connection establishment
  • Fixed bug with TIMESTAMPTZ fields
  • Fixed bug when a connection string parameter value contains a single quote
  • Fixed an issue with adding DSN in PowerShell
  • Fixed an issue with rows deleting

New in PostgreSQL ODBC driver 4.2.1 (Jan 5, 2022)

  • Added support for Windows 11
  • Added support for PostgreSQL 14
  • Added support for OUT parameters in stored procedures in PostgreSQL 14
  • Improved compatibility with PostgreSQL 8.1 and 8.2
  • Improved compatibility with FICO Mosel
  • Improved compatibility with FileMaker
  • Improved compatibility with JMP on macOS
  • Improved support for an ODBC installer on Windows 2000
  • Fixed an issue with updating date and time fields in MS Access
  • Fixed a double function call
  • Fixed UUID with braces

New in PostgreSQL ODBC driver 4.1.1 (Jul 12, 2021)

  • MSI installer for deploying through GPO is added
  • Bug with executing the "call" macro with a stored procedure in PostgreSQL 11 and later is fixed

New in PostgreSQL ODBC driver 4.0.1 (May 28, 2021)

  • Apple Silicon M1 is supported
  • Compatibility with macOS Big Sur is improved
  • Bug with modifying data using the Linked Server is fixed

New in PostgreSQL ODBC driver 3.4.1 (Dec 9, 2020)

  • PostgreSQL 13 is supported
  • Compatibility with Clarion Enterprise is improved
  • Bug with accessing tables whose names contain spaces is fixed
  • Bug with reading milliseconds from TIMESTAMP columns is fixed
  • Bug with setting the SERIALIZABLE transaction isolation level is fixed

New in PostgreSQL ODBC driver 3.3.4 (Apr 8, 2020)

  • Materialized views are supported
  • Compatibility with Power Pivot is improved
  • Compatibility with Visual Basic is improved
  • Compatibility with RStudio is improved
  • Bug with modifying data using SQLSetPos is fixed
  • Bug with fetching by Bookmark is fixed

New in PostgreSQL ODBC driver 3.2.3 (Dec 2, 2019)

  • PostgreSQL 12 is supported

New in PostgreSQL ODBC driver 3.1.2 (Oct 7, 2019)

  • Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL is supported
  • Work with password-protected private key for SSH protocol is supported
  • Now ODBC driver activation does not require administrator privileges
  • Improved compatibility with sandboxed applications for macOS
  • Support for connection pooling is improved

New in PostgreSQL ODBC driver 3.0.1 (Jan 9, 2019)

  • PostgreSQL 11 is supported
  • Now ODBC driver for macOS is distributed as a PKG package
  • Now ODBC driver for Linux is distributed as DEB and RPM packages
  • Possibility to force the ODBC 2.x behavior is added

New in PostgreSQL ODBC driver 2.4.9 (Jul 17, 2018)

  • Possibility to show used connection string in the connection dialog is added
  • Bug with function execution using SQLExecDirect is fixed

New in PostgreSQL ODBC driver 2.4.8 (Jun 15, 2018)

  • Possibility to return String Types as Ansi or Unicode is added
  • Compatibility with MS Access is improved
  • Compatibility with Tableau is improved
  • Compatibility with Omnis Studio is improved
  • Compatibility with Power Pivot is improved
  • Compatibility with DBeaver is improved

New in PostgreSQL ODBC driver 2.3.7 (Feb 27, 2018)

  • Performance of batch operations is significantly improved
  • The SSHStoragePath connection parameter is added
  • Support for the use of "?", "?|" and "?&" JSON operators in SQL statements by escaping the question mark character ("?", "?|" and "?&" respectively) is added

New in PostgreSQL ODBC driver 2.2.6 (Oct 24, 2017)

  • PostgreSQL 10 is supported
  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL is supported
  • Compatibility with SAS JMP is improved
  • Compatibility with MS Power Query is improved
  • OUTER JOIN macros in SQL queries are supported
  • DateTime macros in SQL queries are supported
  • Scalar function macros in SQL queries are supported

New in PostgreSQL ODBC driver 2.1.5 (Jun 22, 2017)

  • Compatibility with Adobe ColdFusion is improved
  • Several issues with data modification in Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio are resolved
  • Now "." is a decimal separator for numbers with floating point by default
  • Bug with handling numeric data type is fixed

New in PostgreSQL ODBC driver 2.1.4 (Dec 8, 2016)

  • Compatibility with Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services is improved

New in PostgreSQL ODBC driver 2.1.3 (Dec 8, 2016)

  • Compatibility with MS Visual Studio
  • Compatibility with MS FoxPro is improved
  • Compatibility with MapInfo is improved
  • Compatibility with Libre Office is improved
  • Compatibility with Qlik is improved
  • Compatibility with Delphi & C++Builder is improved
  • MS Access linked tables support is improved
  • The SELECT ... FOR UPDATE statement is supported

New in PostgreSQL ODBC driver 2.0.2 (Apr 7, 2016)

  • Compatibility with MS Excel is improved
  • Compatibility with ODBC 2.x is improved
  • Bug with Trial expiration in Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio is fixed
  • Support for server versions 7.3-8.3 is improved
  • Bug with fetching big data amount is fixed

New in PostgreSQL ODBC driver 2.0.1 (Mar 23, 2016)

  • Support for stored procedures and functions is improved
  • Backward compatibility of SQLExecDirect with ODBC 2.x is improved

New in PostgreSQL ODBC driver 1.3.4 (Jan 9, 2016)

  • Connection via SSL protocol is supported
  • Connection via SSH protocol is supported
  • Connection via HTTP tunnel is supported
  • Compatibility with Microsoft Power BI Desktop is improved
  • Compatibility with Microsoft Visual FoxPro is improved

New in PostgreSQL ODBC driver 1.2.3 (Nov 23, 2015)

  • Compatibility with Microsoft Visual Studio is improved
  • Compatibility with Microsoft Office is improved
  • Compatibility with Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio is improved
  • Compatibility with Crystal Reports is improved
  • Compatibility with ClikView is improved
  • Compatibility with SQL Server Data Tools is improved

New in PostgreSQL ODBC driver 1.1.1 (Jul 7, 2015)

  • First release of ODBC Driver for PostgreSQL
  • Windows 32-bit is supported
  • Windows 64-bit is supported