[ANNOUNCE] New JDBC v2.6.12 Driver for Apache Impala Driver Released

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We are pleased to announce the release of Cloudera JDBC v2.6.12 driver for Apache Impala. The release has the following resolved issues:

Resolved Issues

• [00142091][IMPJ-461] The driver casts empty string to CHAR(0), causing issues on the server. This issue has been resolved. The driver new casts empty strings to CHAR(0).
• [00141482] [IMPJ-468] The driver executes UPSERT queries incorrectly, causing errors to be shown.

Workflow Changes

The following are breaking changes to driver functionality. These changes may cause some workflows from earlier versions to fail.

2.6.1 - Removed support for JDBC 3 (Java 5)

• Beginning with this release, the driver no longer supports JDBC 3 (Java 5). Only JDBC 4 (Java 6) and JDBC 4.1 (Java 7) are supported.

Getting Started with the Cloudera Driver

• Read the Cloudera Impala JDBC 2.6.12 Driver for Impala Release Notes and Installation Guide.
• Download the connector from the Cloudera Connectors page.

As always, we welcome your feedback. Please send your comments and suggestions to the user group of through our community forums. You can also file bugs through our external Jira projects on issues.cloudera.org.