POCO Data Release Notes
Author: Applied Informatics Software Engineering GmbH and Contributors
Date: 2009-11-24

# POCO Data Library

# POCO Data Release Notes

## Contents

## Release 1.3.6

### Summary of Changes

- fixed SF# 2186643: Data::Statement::reset() not implemented in 1.3.3
- better error reporting in Data MySQL connector (patch #2881270 by Jan "HanzZ" Kaluza)
- fixed SF# 2876179: MySQL Signed/Unsigned value bug
- upgraded to SQLite 3.6.20

## Release 1.3.5

### Summary of Changes

- fixed SF# 2779410: Poco::Data::ODBC::HandleException impovement

## Release 1.3.4

### Summary of Changes

- Upgraded to SQLite 3.6.13
- improved SQLite error reporting
- Poco::Data::SessionPool: the janitor can be disabled by specifying a zero idle time.
- added Poco::Data::SessionPool::customizeSession()
- added support for different SQLite transaction modes (DEFERRED, IMMEDIATE, EXCLUSIVE) The transaction mode can be set with `setProperty("transactionMode", mode);` where mode is one of "DEFERRED", "IMMEDIATE" or "EXCLUSIVE". Note that mode must be passed as a `std::string`.
- Data::SQLite: added support for automatic retries if the database is locked. Automatic retires can be enabled with `setProperty("maxRetryAttempts", nAttempts);` where the number of attempts must be an `int`. Retry behavior can be further customized using the `minRetrySleep` and `maxRetrySleep` properties. See Poco::Data::SQLite::SessionImpl for more information.
- improved SQLite data type mapping

## Release 1.3.3

### Summary of Changes

- Upgraded to SQLite 3.6.2
- fixed SF# 1871946: no exception thrown on error
- fixed SF# 2007486: Please clarify license for Data/samples/*
- fixed SF# 2019857: Memory leak in Data::ODBC Extractor
- fixed SF# 2118943: out_of_bound access in Poco::Data::BLOB:rawContent
- fixed SF# 1891132: Poco::Data::StatementImpl::executeWithLimit is not correct

## Release 1.3.2

### Summary of Changes

- fixed SF# 1724388: ODBC Diagnostics
- fixed SF# 1804797: ODBC Statement multiple execution fails
- fixed SF# 1803435: SessionPool onJanitorTimer called too often?
- fixed SF# 1851997: Undefined Behavior in ODBC::Preparation
- updated SQlite to 3.5.5

## Release 1.3.1

### Summary of Changes

- fixed SF# 1739989: Data::RecordSet::operator = ()
- fixed SF# 1747525: SQLite, Transactions and Session Pooling
- upgraded to SQLite 3.4.1

## Release 1.3.0

### Summary of Changes

- Class Poco::Data::RecordSet has been added providing generic access to arbitrary tables.
- SessionInstantiator has been renamed Poco::Data::Connector.
- Poco::Data::BLOBInputStream and Poco::Data::BLOBOutputStream allow convenient access to Poco::Data::BLOB data.
- Poco::Data::Session and Poco::Data::Statement can be used in simpler ways.
- The DataConnectors project directory has been merged into the Data project directory.

### Incompatible Changes and Possible Transition Issues

Release 1.3 of the POCO C++ Libraries is the first official release containing the Data library. The Data library has been available in a development state for the 1.2 release. For the 1.3 release, a few things have been changed in an incompatible way that requires changes to existing code.