Support and certification

Visit the following web pages for the latest support and certification information.

Changes Since 6.0.0 Release

  • Changed Behavior
    • The connection property SpyAttributes has been updated to exclude the attribute load=classname, which was previously used to load the driver specified by the given class name. See SpyAttributes for details.
    • The driver has been enhanced to comply with FIPS standards for data encryption. As part of this enhancement, the driver was tested with FIPS 140-3 enabled using a Red Hat OpenJDK 21 on a Red Hat Universal Base Image 9 instance. See FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard) for details.
    • The following connection properties have been removed from the driver: ConnectionRetryCount, ConnectionRetryDelay, LoginTimeout, and QueryTimeout. See Connection property descriptions for a list of supported options.
    • The following properties have been moved from the Advanced tab to the Performance tab: RegisterStatementPoolMonitorMBean, StatementCallLimit, and StatementCallLimitBehavior..

Highlights of 6.0.0 Release

  • The driver supports SQL read-write access to list resources on Microsoft SharePoint Online. (See also Supported SQL statements and extensions.)

  • The driver supports JDBC core functions. For details, refer to JDBC support in the Progress DataDirect for JDBC Drivers Reference.

  • The driver supports the core SQL-92 grammar.
  • The driver supports SharePoint data types through data type inference. See Data types, getTypeInfo(), and Introduction to the SharePoint List data model for details.
  • The driver supports OAuth 2.0 authentication. See OAuth 2.0 authentication for supported grant types and further details.
  • The driver supports the handling of large result sets with paging, and the FetchSize connection property.
  • The driver supports optimizing insert, update, and delete operations with the BatchUpdateChunkSize connection property.
  • The driver includes the DataDirect JDBC Driver Configuration Manager for quick configuration and testing of your driver. This Configuration Manager allows you to:
    • Generate and edit connection URLs
    • Test connect connection URLs
    • Execute SQL commands for testing
    • Fetch OAuth tokens and configure OAuth
    • Access connection property descriptions and the full product documentation