v0.1.5-alpha

[perrysk-msft]

This is the first public alpha release of the Microsoft open-source mssql-python driver!

Supported Platforms: Windows only (macOS and Linux support is coming soon)

Support for Microsoft Entra ID Authentication

DBAPI v2.0 Compliance: Fully compliant with the DB API 2.0 specification. Key aspects of DBAPI v2.0 compliance include:

• Connection Objects: Establishing and managing connections to the database.
• Cursor Objects: Executing SQL commands and retrieving results.
• Transaction Management: Supporting commit and rollback operations to ensure data integrity.
• Error Handling: Providing a consistent set of exceptions for handling database errors.
• Parameter Substitution: Allowing the use of placeholders in SQL queries to prevent SQL injection attacks.

Stay tuned for upcoming improvements and updates!

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This discussion was created from the release v0.1.5-alpha.

[JeffBane]

It looks like this uses the SQL Server ODBC driver directly without the need for PyODBC library? But it doesn't used TDS connection, still uses ODBC calls?