[ANNOUNCE] New Cloudera JDBC Connector 2.6.24 for Impala Released

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We are pleased to announce the release of Cloudera JDBC 2.6.24 driver for Impala.  

This release has the following enhancements and fixes:

Enhancements and New Features

• [IMPJ-630] Ignore transactions support
• [IMPJ-633][IMPJ-655] Updated third-party libraries

Resolved Issues

• [00300232][IMPJ-648] When executing INSERT queries, the connector casts empty strings to CHAR(1)
• [IMPJ-652] The ImpalaJDBCDataEngine does not check getFunctions and returns an empty result set
• [IMPJ-653] In some cases, when using Safari, SSO authentication fails and returns a 302 error.

Workflow Changes

• [IMPJ-661] Removed third-party libraries

Getting Started with the Cloudera Driver

• Read the Cloudera JDBC Connector 2.6.24 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 through our community forums. You can also file bugs through our external Jira projects on issues.cloudera.org.