Indeed! I tweeted the news: https://twitter.com/ApacheCalcite/status/839620182158921729 <https://twitter.com/ApacheCalcite/status/839620182158921729>
Julian > On Mar 8, 2017, at 2:00 PM, Josh Elser <[email protected]> wrote: > > Great work, Francis!! > > F21 wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Go 1.8 was released recently and the database/sql package saw a lot of >> new features. I just tagged the v1.3.0 release for the Go Avatica >> driver[0] which ships all of these new features. >> >> The full list of changes in the database/sql package is available here: >> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F778e7ZSNiSmbju3jsEWzShcb8lIO4kDyfKDNm4PNd8/edit >> >> >> Backwards compatibility: >> >> - The new interfaces/methods are all additive. The implementation is >> also backwards compatible, so v1.3.0 will work with Go 1.7.x and below. >> >> Highlights: >> >> - Methods now support using context to enable cancellation and timeouts >> so that queries can be cancelled on the client side. Note: Since there >> is no mechanism to cancel queries on the server, once a query is sent to >> the server, users should assume that it will be executed. >> >> - The Ping method will now connect to the server and execute `SELECT 1` >> to ensure that the server is ok. >> >> - More column type information: It is now possible to get the column >> name, type, length, precision + scale, nullability and the Go scan type >> for a column in a result set. >> >> - Support for multiple result sets. Avatica had support for multiple >> result sets for a while and this mapped really well to the multiple >> result sets support introduced in Go 1.8. >> >> Unimplemented features: >> >> - Since Calcite/Avatica does not support named bind parameters in >> prepared statements, the driver will throw an error if you try to use them. >> >> If you have any question or comments, please let me know! >> >> Cheers, >> >> Francis >> >> [0] https://github.com/Boostport/avatica >>
