Version 8.0.0 Release Notes
Please view the list below for an overview of all changes in version 8.0.0. Version 8.0.0 was released on 2022-04-20.
This version includes fixes for a security vulnerability. We strongly recommend reading the change log below and updating as soon as possible if you are affected. If you have any questions or require assistance, contact support.
Changed Behavior
| Changelog Entry | Changed Behavior |
|---|---|
| 21276 | Database now requires a certificate chain consisting of more than one certificate. |
| 14096 | The Exasol ADO.NET and ODBC driver will not set snapshot transactions by default to "OFF" at connect time. |
| 14035 | Auditing is now enabled by default. |
| 14034 | DB Default configuration for accepting clients are changed. From now on wards, the DB will accept only encrypted connections (Either TLS, or ChaCha) from the clients. |
| 13966 | Added JDBC and DRIVER as non-reserverd keywords |
| 13863 | ODBC: Truncation of string values follows ODBC standards (SQLGetData, SQLFetch or SQLFetchScroll) |
| 13808 | Sessions having read-only open transactions are no longer considered as active sessions. |
| 13228 | Applications which use UTF-8 strings in non-unicode ("W") functions must now setlocale() or use the connection string parameter "ConnectionLCCtype" so that the locale settings in the console match the data sent by the application. |
| 12517 | 1. *The new join order optimizer is now default* 2. Due to the switch to the new standard join order optimizer the previous session configuration options for {{CONTROL SET JOIN OPTIMIZER}} were renamed to reflect that change. The old names are no longer usable: * {{DEFAULT}} is now {{LEGACY}} * {{EXPERIMENTAL}} is now {{STANDARD}} So the following statements will need adaptions in case you used them: {code:sql} CONTROL SET JOIN OPTIMIZER DEFAULT; CONTROL SET JOIN OPTIMIZER EXPERIMENTAL; {code} Also keep in mind that the changed default will invalidate the reason for some of those commands where they only set to the new standard. We recommend to try without those statements and rely on the improved new optimizer, instead. If you want to keep those statements the new syntax is: {code:sql} -- what was 'DEFAULT' is now 'LEGACY' CONTROL SET JOIN OPTIMIZER LEGACY; -- what was 'EXPERIMENTAL' is now 'STANDARD' CONTROL SET JOIN OPTIMIZER STANDARD; {code} |
| 11858 | Quoted identifiers can now contain dots. Error messages are improved to fully-qualify identifiers and use correct quoting. Adapter script schema and name are now separate columns in system tables for virtual schemas. |
| 11369 | Default behavior is unchanged. With the command line parameter "-zeroRawSizeForViewsAndScripts=1", views, scripts, and functions have 0 raw size. |
| 9776 | Fix a bug where the LEVEL, CONNECT_BY_ISCYCLE and CONNECT_BY_ISLEAF pseudocolumns for CONNECT BY could not be used when selecting from VALUES or VALUES BETWEEN. |
| 2603 | Column aliases are no longer ignored for emitting UDFs. If they are used on an emitting UDF that returns more than one value, Exasol throws an error. |
New Features
| Changelog Entry | Summary |
|---|---|
| 14526 | Improvements for encrypted client connection handling (preview feature) |
| 11680 | Improvements for encrypted client connection handling |
Improvements
| Changelog Entry | Summary |
|---|---|
| 21276 | ConfD job cert_update requires a certificate chain |
| 19023 | Improvements in the Compile Time |
| 14248 | JDBC: IMPORT/EXPORT LOCAL CSV/FBV: include file names of local files into auditing data |
| 14199 | Reduced compile time for queries with nested WITH clauses |
| 14166 | Improved storage fail safety |
| 14035 | Default activated auditing in new Exasol 8 deployments |
| 14034 | Database enforces encrypted connections |
| 13990 | Expat security update |
| 13966 | Add JDBC and DRIVER as non-reserved keywords |
| 13863 | ODBC: Truncation of string values follows ODBC standards |
| 13808 | Improved Active Session Management for sessions with open read-only transactions |
| 13751 | IMPORT FROM JDBC: Allow sources without JDBC Connection.rollback() method |
| 12517 | Activation of new Join Order Optimizer by default |
| 11858 | Quoted identifiers can contain dot |
| 11369 | Raw size of scripts, views, and functions set to 0 bytes |
| 9209 | Smaller logfiles |
Bug Fixes
| Changelog Entry | Summary |
|---|---|
| 14664 | Multiple references to VIEW or CTE containing an EMITS UDF return internal server error |
| 14604 | DML using system table within a subquery may cause exception |
| 14569 | COMMIT or ROLLBACK may hang |
| 14568 | LAG() in combination with IGNORE NULLS may return incorrect results |
| 14506 | The database may not recover from a crashed node |
| 14430 | Very strong filters on indexed columns may cause incorrect results |
| 14371 | Sustained very high load may cause database restart |
| 14309 | ODBC: SQLColAttribute returns wrong string length in case of truncation |
| 14270 | Client connections using TLS may be disconnected during log rotation |
| 14225 | Filter on rowid can return deleted rows |
| 14197 | Temporary UDF resources may not be cleaned up properly if the statement is stopped/killed |
| 14195 | IMPORT/EXPORT using JDBC may fail during log rotation |
| 14096 | ODBC and ADO.NET deactivates Snapshot Mode |
| 14091 | Metadata requests may cause a database restart in rare conditions |
| 14065 | Misleading durations of joins in query profiling |
| 14045 | Filters on Hashtype columns with a local index may fail |
| 14029 | RPC call may cause a database restart |
| 13969 | ODBC connection may fail when CONNECTTIMEOUT=0 |
| 13930 | DELETE with IN predicate containing expressions in WHERE clause may fail on empty tables |
| 13796 | SCALAR RETURN UDFs with large input and output data may produce wrong results |
| 13768 | Hanging query or logserver due to race conditions in communication layer |
| 13727 | TLS: Unexpected client disconnects may cause sessions and logins to hang in rare cases |
| 13710 | Incorrect results in filter evaluation for columns of type char() ascii and hash type |
| 13676 | Nodes may become/stay offline |
| 13675 | Internal server error when using a comparing column from outer subselect with scalar-joined subquery |
| 13432 | DML statements may not finish due to extremely rare race condition |
| 13370 | ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN: missing length check for column name |
| 13232 | New optimizer: Wrong cardinality estimation for left joins |
| 13228 | ODBC: Character conversion and Data Direct driver manager |
| 13056 | Database fails to start after cluster enlargement due to exceeded schema raw size limits |
| 12756 | Denial of Service by attacker on the private network |
| 12674 | Automatic failover may not be triggered in very rare cases. |
| 12476 | Deadlock in log server may prevent updating auditing and statistics tables |
| 11706 | Exaoperation backup download interface inaccessible after restart |
| 11313 | ORDER BY with invalid syntax does not raise an error |
| 10957 | Crashed queries may be missing in EXA_DBA_AUDIT_SQL |
| 9776 | Missing LEVEL pseudo-column for VALUES and VALUES BETWEEN |
| 7187 | IMPORT FROM SCRIPT with table name instead of required column definition crashes |
| 2603 | Aliases for emitting UDFs are ignored |
