Resolved Issues
The following issues have been resolved in Simba ODBC Driver for SQL Server 1.2.3.
When querying large SQL_NUMERIC or SQL_DECIMAL values and retrieving the values as
SQL_C_SBIGINT data, an error occurs
This issue has been resolved. You can now retrieve SQL_NUMERIC or SQL_DECIMAL values as
SQL_C_SBIGINT data.
Known Issues
The following are known issues that you may encounter due to limitations in the data source, the
driver, or an application.
HIERARCHYID, GEOGRAPHY, GEOMETRY, and SQL_VARIANT data types are not supported
The driver exposes HIERARCHYID, GEOGRAPHY, and GEOMETRY data types as SQL data type -151,
and exposes the SQL_VARIANT data type as SQL data type -150.
The installer for the Mac OS X version of the driver does not alert the user when it fails to
write to odbcinst.ini
When the installer fails to write to the odbcinst.ini configuration file, instead of alerting you of
the error, the installer will report the event in a log file.
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Simba ODBC Driver for SQL Server 1.2.3 Release Notes
Version History
Version 1.2.2
The following are highlights of the new features and functionalities that were added to Simba
ODBC Driver for SQL Server 1.2.2.
You can now connect to SQL Server instances and work with data using the OLE DB
standard.
You can now work with DATETIME2 values that are greater than 9900/03/01.
Added driver configuration option for specifying the maximum size of BLOB and CLOB columns
You can now use the LongColumnLength key to specify the maximum size of BLOB and
CLOB columns.
Resolved Issues
The following issues were resolved in Simba ODBC Driver for SQL Server 1.2.2.
When using large Kerberos tokens, the driver may fail to connect
Version 1.1.1
The following are highlights of the new features and functionalities that were added to Simba
ODBC Driver for SQL Server 1.1.1.
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Simba ODBC Driver for SQL Server 1.2.3 Release Notes
You can now build iOS 7.1 applications by using the driver custom framework.
Version 1.1.0
The following are highlights of the new features and functionalities that were added to Simba
ODBC Driver for SQL Server 1.1.0.
You can now build Mac OS X 10.9 and 10.10 applications by using the driver custom
framework.
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Simba ODBC Driver for SQL Server 1.2.3 Release Notes
Contact Us
If you have difficulty using the driver, please contact our Technical Support staff. We welcome
your questions, comments and feature requests.
Technical Support is available Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Pacific Time.
Important: To help us assist you, prior to contacting Technical Support please prepare a detailed
summary of the client and server environment including operating system, product version, patch
level and configuration.
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