iODBC Change Notes

2023-05-02 - iODBC Stable Version 3.52.16 Released

• Fixed issue with generic setup dialogs on macOS not saving values
• Fixed issue when creating new DSN via generic setup dialogs on macOS BigSur?
• Fixed issue with new vertical layout for Alerts on macOS BigSur?
• Fixed support for modern limit path name size
• Fixed SQLBindParameter trace when bind offset is in use (fixes #80)
• Fixed SQLGetInstalledDrivers single entry error (fixes #79)
• Fixed silent truncation of 'long' diagnostic messages in SQLGetDiagRec (fixes #78)
• Fixed missing comma (fixes #72)
• Fixed potential memory leak (fixes #71)
• Fixed truncation of SQL_C_WCHAR parameter value when BufferLength=0 and length=SQL_NTS (fixes #68)
• Fixed issue overriding SQL_DEFAULT_PARAM length indicator (fixes #67)
• Fixed issue with input parameter data when using parameter arrays (fixes #66)
• Fixed compiler warnings
• Fixed version check of build tools
• Updated documents

Please continue sending your suggestions, questions and/or patches to the Archive Maintainer at iodbc@openlinksw.com

2021-06-07 - iODBC Stable Version 3.52.15 Released

• Added support for macOS Big Sur (11.x) on Apple Silicon using a universal build
• Fixed title to show CPU architecture used
• Fixed length of error message buffer
• Removed support for Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) and older
• Removed deprecated iODBCcfmbridge for PPC
• Upgraded iODBC build to use recent versions of Xcode
  • Minimum Xcode version is set to Xcode 8.0
  • Minimum macOS deployment target is OS X Mavericks (10.9)
  • Migrated dialogs and plist files
  • Migrated translation support

2021-02-17 - iODBC Stable Version 3.52.14 Released

• Fixed: SQLSetEnvAttr doesn't return SQL_SUCCESS for option SQL_ATTR_APP_UNICODE_TYPE
• Fixed: issue with switching ODBC driver to best supported Unicode codepage
• Fixed: misprint in SQLBrowseConnect
• Fixed: SQLGetConnectOption returned wrong value for SQL_CURRENT_QUALIFIER
• Fixed: mixing calls to SQLFetchScroll with SQLFetch
• Fixed: Misc Unicode issues

2019-07-23 - iODBC Stable Version 3.52.13 Released

• Added extra validation for SQLAllocHandle (SQL_HANDLE_DESC, ...)
• Added GCC __attribute__ for checking format string
• Added missing define SQL_CONVERT_GUID
• Fixed issue using heap after free in SQLConnect_internal
• Fixed issue with global mutex in SQLError, SQLGetDiagRec, and SQLGetDiagField
• Fixed SQLSetStmtAttr to cache the correct values for SQL_ATTR_ROW_ARRAY_SIZE and SQL_ATTR_ROW_BIND_TYPE
• Fixed format specifiers and some casts to fix trace output
• Fixed missing check for section in SQLGetPrivateProfileString
• Fixed non-void function needs to return a value
• Fixed issue in Mac Cocoa code
• Fixed iODBC apps/frameworks CFBundleGetInfoString attribute
• Fixes an issue where build fails on Alpine
• Fixed package versioning
• Fixed small memory leaks

2016-07-12 - iODBC Stable Version 3.52.12 Released

• Added new Cocoa based dialogs for Mac OS X to allow 64-bit applications to use the standard Login and Setup dialogs from the iODBCinst framework
• Added 64-bit version of the iODBC Administrator to configure and test DSNs on drivers that are only available in 64-bit format
• Fixed User DSN support for recent versions of Microsoft Excel and Query on macOS
• Documentation fixes

2016-05-25 - iODBC Internal Version 3.52.11 Released

• Added xcodebuild option for OS X El Capitan (10.11)
• Added support for x86_64 to iODBC Demo
• Fix crash ODBCdemo - error message overwrite stack data
• Fix iODBCdemo issue with UID/PWD values
• Fixed crash in iODBC DM on push of "Test" button when 64-bit ODBC driver is used
• Fixed crash when create_dsnsetup fails to load the window
• Fixed crash when passing an empty connect string with no window handle
• Fixed iODBCadm and iODBCdrvproxy Development build errors on OS X
• Fixed iODBCdrvproxy XIBs not compiling to NIBs on OS X
• Fixed issue in SQLGetInfo
• Fixed issue with Xcode 7.2.1 on OS X Yosemite (10.10)
• Fixed use only major.minor of macOS version to configure flags

2015-02-12 - iODBC Stable Version 3.52.10 Released

• Fixed issue with ~/Library/ODBC/odbc[inst].ini on macOS
• Added build support for macOS 10.10
• Updated iODBC Administrator
• Updated iODBC Demo
• Fixed string truncation in Unicode <-> Ansi conversion on some API calls

2014-04-15 - iODBC Stable Version 3.52.9 Released

• Added support for building on recent versions of Mac OS X
• Fixed warnings from autoconf/automake
• Fixed infinite loop in connection pool
• Fixed compiler warnings
• Fixed build dependency for make -jX
• Fixed check for Unicode driver
• Fixed issue calling SQLCancel from other thread
• Fixed SQLInstallDriverEx when driver is readonly

2012-03-27 - iODBC Stable Version 3.52.8 Released

• Added support for Mac OS X 10.7
• Added Mac OS X build files to ignore list
• Added initial .gitignore
• Added more files to ignore
• Converted build rules to compile the UI from new .xib files
• Converted old .nib format to .xib format
• Fixed list of files to be distributed
• Fixed problem installing CFMSupport
• Updated version of iODBC Demo to 1.1

2009-09-11 - iODBC Stable Version 3.52.7 Released

• Added iODBC Graphical Administrator for Mac OS X
• Added iODBC CFM Bridge
• Added resizable windows and dialogs for GTK+
• Added option in tracefile for sequence number ($S)
• Added additional translations between ANSI and Unicode
• Fixed if tracefile gets too big, continue in new tracefile
• Fixed unload bug due to wrong pointer deref
• Fixed Connection Pooling UI
• Fixed checking odbc_ver on connect handle
• Fixed packaging of runtime only libraries
• Fixed porting issues
• Fixed documentation

2007-01-05 - iODBC Stable Version 3.52.6 Released

• Added support for GTK+ 2.x
• Fixed long mutex lock on connect
• Fixed problems with SQLBrowseConnect
• Fixed missing functions in export list
• Fixed core dump when checking for driver odbc version
• Fixed allocation error in SQLDescribeCol
• Fixed rpm specification for RedHat?
• Fixed porting problems on FreeBSD?, OpenBSD? and OSF
• Use SQLFetchScroll in iodbctest

2006-01-27 - iODBC Stable Version 3.52.5 Released

• Added support for File DSN
• Added support for Connection Pooling
• Added check for tracefile size
• Call ODBC 2.x functions in driver if application uses ODBC 2.x only calls
• Fixed problem parsing driver result in SQLSetStmtAttr
• Fixed source code readability
• Fixed bug in overwriting driver name
• Fixed check for /Library/ODBC for Mac OS X
• Fixed prototypes
• Rewrote bootstrap script and configure summary
• Use localtime_r in tracing when available
• Fixed build issues with Mac OS X
• Small code cleanups and fixes

2005-11-07 - iODBC Stable Version 3.52.4 Released

• Added support for Mac OS X 10.4 Universal kit (ppc, ppc64, and i386)
• Removed dependency between iodbc and iodbcinst shared libraries
• Cleanups to the build process particularly on MacOS? X
• Clarification on LGPL license conditions
• Bugfix: error on subsequent SQLExecute statements
• Fixed problem building 64-bit GUI components
• Fixed problem determining which compiler to use on AIX
• Enabled SHLIB_PATH on HP/UX
• Fixed problem using # as comment in odbc.ini file
• Disabled --disable-odbc3 flag
• Small code cleanups and fixes

2005-02-07 - iODBC Stable Version 3.52.3 Released

• Added support for DSN-less connections
• Added timestamp to ENTER/EXIT lines in trace file
• Added build support for AIX 5.x, HP/UX 11.23 IA_64
• Added build support for Mac OS X 10.3 (32-bit) and 10.4 (32-bit + 64-bit)
• Fixed problem with SQLDriverConnect (SQL_DRIVER_PROMPT) if no setup dialog had been registered
• Fixed symbol-clash between Oracle Instant client and iODBC on Mac OS X
• Various small build fixes
• Various stability bug-fixes

2004-02-28 - iODBC Version 3.52.2 Source Released

• Added tracing option for root without overwriting existing files
• Added PORT.OpenLink script
• Added special iodbc-config script for Mac OS X framework build
• Fixed problem starting/stopping tracing
• Fixed SQLSetConnectAttr to return SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO if driver cannot handle option set before connect time
• Fixed SQLInfo to use pcbInfoValue if present
• Fixed NULL pointer problem in GTK choose driver dialog
• Fixed problem with C++ prototypes with older 32-bit code
• Fixed locking problem with SQLAllocEnv/SQLAllocHandle
• Fixed tracefile name expansion
• Fixed problem running bootstrap.sh on machines without GTK
• Fixed problem installing code in temp directory for packaging
• Fixed problem calling SQLGetDiagRec on uninitialized handles in iodbctest program
• Link iodbctest program with static iodbc libraries

2003-09-08 - iODBC Version 3.52.1 Source Released

• Added support for new ODBC 3.52 specification for 64-bit environments
• Added support for SQLGetEnvAttr(SQL_ATTR_WCHAR_SIZE) extension
• Added missing Mac OS X build files
• Added script to symlink Mac OS X framework into /usr/local/iODBC to allow traditional GNU configurable packages to use the same version of iODBC
• Added new layer to driver loading to prevent memory leaks when drivers cannot be physically unloaded
• Added man pages for iodbc-config, iodbctest, and iodbcadm-gtk
• Added header file iodbcunix.h for portability
• Enhanced tracing for SQLGetFunctions, SQLColAttribute
• Fixed NULL pointer problem when connection failed
• Fixed initialization problem with SQLGetPrivateProfileString
• Fixed export Unicode and ANSI names of ODBC functions in libiodbc
• Fixed SQLSetScrollOption emulation
• Fixed tracing for SQLSetDescRec
• Fixed rpm build issue with RedHat? 9
• Fixed Mac OS X install problem
• Fixed Mac OS X build dependency on Carbon libraries
• Fixed HP/UX shared library name handling
• Fixed handling of UTF-8 sequences
• Fixed compiler warnings
• Small code cleanups and fixes

2003-08-22 - iODBC Version 3.51.2 Source Released

• Added support for installation layouts for different distributions, e.g., --with-layout=RedHat
• Added support for Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther)
• Added support for creating libodbc.so symlink
• Added more ODBC 3.x calls to iodbctest.c program
• Added SQLRowCount for SQL UPDATE/DELETE statements in iodbctest.c
• Fixed build problem with older make programs
• Fixed bug in state handling SQLCloseCursor
• Fixed driver statement allocation problem
• Fixed double free in statement handle
• Fixed problem tracing variable length strings and binary data
• Use snprintf when available to guard against buffer overruns
• Small documentation fixes

2002-04-29 - iODBC Version 3.51.1 Source Released

• Release of GTK-based Administrator component
• Improved API tracing functionality (improvement is trace granularity)
• New SQLDrivers() API implementation
• Upgrade to libtool-1.4.3
• Reworked SRPM .spec-file to aid co-existence with other managers
• Improved ./configure and GTK support for FreeBSD? and MacOS? X
• Reinstated libiodbc.so dependency on libiodbcinst.so
• State-transition fixes for SQLFetch/SQLExecDirect/SQLMoreResults
• Tidied ini-file- and connection-string-parsing functions
• Added a README.CVS
• Symbol-clash removal

2003-08-22 - iODBC Version 3.51.0 Source Released

• Unicode support
• Updated ODBC tracing support
• Updated threading model
• Improved graphical Administration (GTK) interface
• General Bug fixes

2002-04-29 - iODBC 3.0.6 Source Release

• Mac OS X support
• Portability fixes
• Small bug fixes

2001-06-12 - iODBC 3.0.5 Source Release

• Portability fixes
• Small bug fixes
• CVS archive integration

2000-08-25 - iODBC 3.0.4 Source Release

• This release was a source release only.

2000-08-09 - iODBC 3.0.3 Source Release

• Full source code for GTK GUI based iODBC Administrator for interactive administration of ODBC DSNs

2000-08-09 - iODBC 3.0.3 Linux Binary Release

• GTK GUI based iODBC Administrator for interactive administration of ODBC DSNs

2000-02-01 - iODBC Development Version 3.0.2 Release

• SQLGetData returned SQLSTATE 24000 error as internal SQLNumResultCols call deadlocked
• SQLDatasources argument check was wrong

2000-01-28 - iODBC Development Version 3.0.1 Release

• Added code to make Driver Manager thread safe
• Added code to call non thread-safe drivers from thread safe applications
• Small bug fixes and code cleanups

1999-12-16 - iODBC Development Version 3.0.0 Release

• ODBC 3.x support and the ODBC 3.x to 2.x translation layer
• Support for more platforms including Mac OS X (Rhapsody)
• Small bug fixes and code cleanups