I've just uploaded DBD::ODBC 1.24_3 development release to CPAN. I
intend that this is the last development release for DBD::ODBC before a
final 1.25 full release later this week (depending on smoke testing and
feedback). There is not a lot exciting in 1.24_3 but the previous
development releases contain more useful changes. Please report ANY
problems to me (or via RT) or I will release later this week.
=head1 CHANGES
=head2 Changes in DBD::ODBC 1.24_3 September 6, 2010
Added note from Robert Freimuth for obtaining the last insert ID in MS
Access.
Changed all &sv_yes/&sv_no occurrances in XS to PL_sv_yes/PL_sv_no as
the originals have now gone from blead Perl.
Minor change to fix missing newline in trace output.
Added a FAQ entry for how "use regional settings" in MS SQL Server
breaks things.
=head2 Changes in DBD::ODBC 1.24_2 July 23, 2010
Fix rt57957 reported by Marc Prewitt. DBD::ODBC was not ignoring named
placeholders and ? inside comments. Comments are deemed as text
between "/*" and "*/" (if not in a literal) and line comments begin
with "--".
Added a FAQ on procedures not completing in MS SQL Server. Thanks to
Peter Rabbitson for hitting this problem and reminding me I'd seen it
a couple of times before.
Added a FAQ on equality comparisons with ntext columns.
Added pod for last_insert_id which is not currently supported.
Fix bug where if SQLMoreResults was called and failed it was not
reported.
Removed some unused fields from the fbh structure which should save
a little memory for each column in a result-set.
Started adding support for DBI's DiscardString and StrictlyTyped but not
complete yet so don't use them yet.
Added experimental odbc_lob_read method - see pod. Thanks to tye and
ikegami on perlmonks for pointing out some problems with my initial
implementation.
Moved the binding of columns to the first call to fetch instead of
after execute is called as it prevents bind_col overrriding the type
used for binding and I needed it to support odbc_lob_read. This may
have undesired affects so any testing of this release would be
appreciated.
Added bind_col method so DBD::ODBC can support attributes on a
bind_col call.
Removed support for DBI's blob_read - it was totally flawed and did
not work at all. May replace in the future.
Added support for MS SQL Server XML type (SQL type -152). See rt 59621.
Added note on do method implementation in DBD::ODBC and how some may
consider it to deviate from the DBI specification.
=head2 Changes in DBD::ODBC 1.24_1 May 27, 2010
Corrected pod and private attributes for the odbc_SQL_DRIVER_ODBC_VER
attribute which was documented as SQL_DRIVER_ODBC_VER.
Added FAQ on pauses on statement destruction when all the result-set
has not been retrieved (mostly freeTDS and MS SQL Server ODBC Driver).
Fixed bug introduced in 1.24 where if you are using MS SQL Server, and
you are preparing, binding placeholders and re-executing multiple
times you may get a "Invalid character value for cast specification"
error. Thanks to anonymous for spotting this and producing a
standalone example of the problem that made it so much easier to find.
Martin
