Announcing: New ODBC and JDBC Drivers

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Hello CDH and Impala Users,

We are pleased to announce the release of the following new versions of our drivers:

• Impala ODBC v2.5.22

• Hive ODBC v2.5.13

• Impala JDBC v2.5.14

These drivers contain updates that make them compatible with CDH 5.2 and include the following features:

• Hive 0.13 Support

• Impala 2.0 Support

• VARCHAR, CHAR support

• Impala and Hive protocol update for greater performance (HIVE-3746)

• Mac installer improvements

These drivers work for previous versions of HiveServer2 in CDH 4.1 or higher and Impala 1.0 or higher. Previous drivers continue to work on latest versions as well.

Getting started with the Cloudera Drivers:

• Read the Cloudera ODBC 2.5 Driver for Impala release notes and installation guide

• Read the Cloudera ODBC 2.5 Driver for Apache Hive release notes and  installation guide

• Read the Cloudera JDBC 2.5 for Impala release notes and installation guide

• Download the connector from the Cloudera Connectors page

As always, we are happy to hear your feedback. Please send your comments and suggestions to cdh-user@cloudera.org or post to our new Community Forums.