Metadata queries may hang if a session reconnects during execution of a metadata query

Details

Detail name Value
Changelog Number 10882
Type Bug
Status Resolved
Affected Versions Exasol 7.0.0, Exasol 6.2.9
Fix Versions Exasol 7.0.3, Exasol 6.2.11
Resolution Date 2020-10-15

Description

If the database receives a reconnect request for a session that is currently executing a metadata query (e.g. in ODBC SQLPrimaryKeys() or in JDBC getColumns()), other sessions that run metadata queries may hang.

Workaround

A restart of the database is required to enable metadata query execution again.

Fix

Sessions which send a reconnect during metadata query execution will no longer cause other sessions' metadata queries to hang.