New Drill 1.1 Release blog post
Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/drill/repo Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/drill/commit/62e4a539 Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/drill/tree/62e4a539 Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/drill/diff/62e4a539 Branch: refs/heads/gh-pages Commit: 62e4a53995f9239a5b0e24761c1f8cdb2e26bc44 Parents: 1b5fb2e Author: Jacques Nadeau <[email protected]> Authored: Sun Jul 5 11:41:24 2015 -0700 Committer: Bob Rumsby <[email protected]> Committed: Mon Jul 6 10:33:17 2015 -0700 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- blog/_posts/2015-07-05-drill-1.1-released.md | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 62 insertions(+) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/drill/blob/62e4a539/blog/_posts/2015-07-05-drill-1.1-released.md ---------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/blog/_posts/2015-07-05-drill-1.1-released.md b/blog/_posts/2015-07-05-drill-1.1-released.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9ba95a7 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/_posts/2015-07-05-drill-1.1-released.md @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "Drill 1.1 Released" +code: drill-1.1-released +excerpt: Drill 1.1 has been released, providing even more world class SQL capabilities, better support for querying a wide variety of non-relational datastores and a number of exciting new features. +authors: ["jnadeau"] +--- + +Today I'm happy to announce the availability of the Drill 1.1 release. This release addresses [162 JIRAs](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12313820&version=12329689) on top of May's 1.0 release. Highlights include: + +#### Automatic Partitioning for Parquet files +Drill now supports creating partitions automatically when using CREATE TABLE AS (CTAS) to generate Parquet files. By leveraging the unique capabilities of the Parquet file format, Drill is able provide this capability and still maintain data integrity and compatibility with all other systems that consume Parquet (a world first). This functionality can be exercised by utilizing the new [PARTITION BY](https://drill.apache.org/docs/partition-by-clause/) clause support. + +#### Support for Window Functions +Drill now has first-class support for SQL Window Functions. This includes support for: + + * Aggregate Functions: AVG, COUNT, MAX, MIN, SUM + * Ranking Functions: CUME_DIST, DENSE_RANK, PERCENT_RANK, RANK and ROW_NUMBER + +The community has done an excellent job providing a [comprehensive set of documentation](https://drill.apache.org/docs/sql-window-functions-introduction/) so that you can starting using window functions immediately. + +#### Hive Storage Plugin Enhancements +We've enhanced Drill to work even better with Hive. We started by upgrading Drill's support to work with Hive 1.0. In addition, Drill now provides a very powerful new security feature called [delegated Hive impersonation](https://drill.apache.org/docs/configuring-user-impersonation-with-hive-authorization/). Compatibility and performance are also improved with better data type support (including support for binary, tinyint and smallint data types) and better concurrency. + +#### SQL Union Improvements +We've enhanced support for SQL UNION functionality. Drill now supports both UNION and UNION ALL capabilities. We've also improved the query optimizer to better optimize plans that include the UNION clause. + +#### New Features For Complex Data +Drill's complex data capabilities continue to be the best in the market, now including support for COUNT aggregations on various types of complex objects. Drill also now has improved FLATTEN capabilities to support very large complex objects. + +#### Improved JDBC Driver Compatibility +Apache Drill's JDBC driver continues to be improved. This includes a number of enhancements and fixes to better support JDBC tools including [MicroStrategy](https://drill.apache.org/docs/using-microstrategy-analytics-with-apache-drill/), [Tibco Spotfire](https://drill.apache.org/docs/using-tibco-spotfire-desktop-with-drill/), [JReport](https://drill.apache.org/docs/configuring-jreport-with-drill/) and [SQuirreL](https://drill.apache.org/docs/using-jdbc-with-squirrel-on-windows/). + +The Apache Drill community now publishes the JDBC driver for easy inclusion in your personal application through the use of Maven coordinates. You can incorporate Drill's JDBC driver into your application by [downloading it directly](http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/apache/drill/exec/drill-jdbc-all/1.1.0/drill-jdbc-all-1.1.0.jar) or referencing the following coordinates within your Maven application. + + <dependency> + <groupId>org.apache.drill.exec</groupId> + <artifactId>drill-jdbc-all</artifactId> + <version>1.1.0</version> + </dependency> + + +#### MongoDB 3.0 Support +Drill's support for MongoDB has been improved. Drill now uses MongoDB's latest Java Driver and has enhanced connection pooling for better performance and resilience in large-scale deployments. Learn more on using the [MongoDB for Drill plugin](https://drill.apache.org/docs/mongodb-plugin-for-apache-drill/). + +#### Many More Fixes +Drill include a number of other smaller fixes and enhancements for a [number of things](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12313820&version=12329689) including: + + * improvements for certain types of exists and correlated subqueries + * fixes for running Drill on Windows + * improvements in implicit casting capabilities in schemaless scenarios + * improvements in INFORMATION_SCHEMA + * Fixes for both the WebUI and the Drill REST API + + +#### More Frequent Releases +The amazing Drill community continues to be the driving force behind these rapid iterative releases. Thanks to all the [committers]({{ site.baseurl }}/team/) and contributors that made this release possible! The community's goal continues to be maintaining a 4-6 release cycle throughout the summer. This means you will have many more enhancements to look for in the next few months. If you use Drill, want to, or want to help develop it, drop by in [the community](https://drill.apache.org/mailinglists/). + +Download the [Drill 1.1.0 release](https://drill.apache.org/download/) now and let us know your thoughts. + +Drill On! +Jacques Nadeau
