[ANNOUNCE] New JDBC v2.6.9 Driver for Apache Impala Released

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We are pleased to announce the release of Cloudera JDBC v2.6.9 driver for Apache Impala. The release has the following resolved issues:

Resolved Issues

• [00137281][IMPJ-437] After a query fails on the server side, subsequent
    queries on driver side also fail.

Breaking Changes

The following are breaking changes to driver functionality. These changes may cause some workflows from earlier versions of the driver 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 for Apache Impala

• Read the Release Notes and Installation Guide for Cloudera JDBC v2.6.9 Driver for Apache Impala

• 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.