Support and Certifications

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Changes Since 8.0.0 Release

  • Enhancements
    • The driver is now compiled with a Visual Studio 2022 compiler for the Windows platforms. As a result, you must have Microsoft Visual C/C++ runtime version 14.40.33810 or higher on your machine to run the driver.

Highlights of 8.0.0 Release

  • The driver supports SQL read-only access to Google Analytics using Google Analytics 4 (GA4) Data and Admin API. SeeSupported SQL statements and extensions for details.
  • The driver supports all ODBC Core and Level 1 functions and some Level 1 and Level 2 features.

    Refer to ODBC API and scalar functions in the Progress DataDirect for ODBC Drivers Reference for additional information.

  • The driver supports Google Analytics data types. See Data types for details.
  • The driver supports OAuth 2.0 authentication. See OAuth 2.0 Authentication for further details.
  • The driver supports the handling of large result sets with paging, and the Fetch Size (FetchSize) connection option. See Fetch Size for details.
  • On Windows platforms, the driver includes an enhanced setup dialog, the DataDirect ODBC Driver Configuration Manager, for quick configuration and testing of your driver. This Configuration Manager allows you to:
    • Configure data sources
    • Generate and edit connection strings
    • Test connect data sources and connection strings
    • Execute SQL commands for testing
    • Add tables to a relational view of Google Analytics data
    • Access connection option descriptions and the full product documentation

    See Configuring data sources with the Configuration Manager and Generating connection strings with the Configuration Manager for details.

  • A Password Encryption Tool, called ddencpwd, is now included with the product package. It encrypts passwords for secure handling in connection strings and odbc.ini files. At connection, the driver decrypts these passwords and passes them to the data source as required. See Password Encryption Tool (UNIX/Linux only) for details.