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[42.2.9] (2019-12-06)

Changed

Added

• read only transactions PR 1252
• pkcs12 key functionality PR 1599
• new "escapeSyntaxCallMode" connection property PR 1560
• connection property to limit server error detail in exception exceptions PR 1579
• cancelQuery() to PGConnection public interface PR 1157
• support for large update counts (JDBC 4.2) PR 935
• Add Binary Support for Oid.NUMERIC and Oid.NUMERIC_ARRAY PR 1636

Fixed

• issue 716 getTypeInfo() may not return data in the order specified in Oracle documentation PR 1506
• PgSQLXML setCharacterStream() results in null value PR 1608
• get correct column length for simple domains PR 1605
• NPE as a result of calling executeQuery twice on a statement fixes issue #684 [PR 1610] (https://github-redirect.dependabot.com/pgjdbc/pgjdbc/pull/1610)
• handle numeric domain types PR 1611
• pginterval to take iso8601 strings PR 1612
• remove currentTimeMillis from code, tests are OK PR 1617
• NPE when calling setNull on a PreparedStatement with no parameters PR 1620
• allow OUT parameter registration when using CallableStatement native CALL PR 1561
• add release save point into execute with batch PR 1583
• Prevent use of extended query protocol for BEGIN before COPY PR 1639

• 29c6531 [maven-release-plugin] prepare release REL42.2.9
• 4a8a854 use TestUtil to find path of certdir (#1643)
• 03fdf75 Update
• fa69e7e new pr for release notes (#1640)
• b371153 Prevent use of extended query protocol for BEGIN before COPY (#1639)
• ad83cb3 Only allow binary transfer for those Oids that the pgjdbc currently supports ...
• c85b149 Add Binary Support for Oid.NUMERIC and Oid.NUMERIC_ARRAY (#1636)
• 08bd46b fix: null pointer exception from PgResultSetMetaData when there's no column m...
• ec76bac feat: WIP Filter DatabaseMetaData using privileges for the user (#1630)
• 8106d3d fix: DatabaseMetaData.getFunctions should not limit the search to the search_...
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