I've just uploaded DBD::ODBC 1.50 to the CPAN. This is the culmination of a series of 4 development releases in the 1.49 series. There are a number of bug fixes, enhancements, deprecated features and most importantly some changes in behaviour. See below for a list of changes.
1.50 2014-07-25 [BUG FIXES] The 80_odbc_diags.t test could fail if a driver fails a table does not exist test in the prepare instead of the execute. 1.49_4 2014-07-08 [BUG FIXES] Fixed sql_type_cast.t test which assumed column aliases which stay lowercase. Fixed 87_odbc_lob_read.t test which did not bow out of the test properly if the database was not MS SQL Server. [DOCUMENTATION] Revised the query notification example and documentation. Added a link to a better Query Notification article. 1.49_3 2014-05-01 [CHANGE IN BEHAVIOUR] As warned years ago, this release removes the odbc_old_unicode attribute. If you have a good reason to use it speak up now before the next non-development release. [BUG FIXES] Fix rt89255: Fails to create test table for tests using PostgreSQL odbc driver. Change test suite to fallback on PRECISION if COLUMN_SIZE is not found. [ENHANCEMENTS] Added support for MS SQL Server Query Notification. See the new section in the pod. Added a currently undocumented (and experimental) odbc_describe_param method on a statement handle which takes a parameter number as the only argument and returns an array of the data type, parameter size, decimal digits and nullable (as per SQLDescribeParam). [DOCUMENTATION] Added FAQ on truncated column names with freeTDS. [MISCELLANEOUS] I have removed the "experimental" tag for odbc_getdiagfield and odbc_getdiagrec methods. 1.49_2 2014-04-26 [BUG FIXES] Change to data_sources in 1.49_1 could lead to a compile error since data_sources was not returning a value if an error occurred. 1.49_1 2014-04-25 [BUG FIXES] If you had a lot of DSNs on Windows (more than 280 but it depends on the length of their names) and called the data_sources method it could crash your script. Code internally changed to stop putting the DSNs returned on the stack. [CHANGE IN BEHAVIOUR] As warned years ago, the private data_sources method has been removed - use DBI one instead. [MISCELLANEOUS] Added FAQ entry of maximum number of allowed parameters. Martin
