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MySQL Connector/Python 8.0.12 has been released
Posted by: Nawaz Nazeer ahamed
Date: July 27, 2018 12:53PM

Dear MySQL users,

MySQL Connector/Python 8.0.12 is the second GA release version of the
MySQL Connector Python 8.0 series. This series adds support for the new
X DevAPI.  The X DevAPI enables application developers to write code
that combines the strengths of the relational and document models using
a modern, NoSQL-like syntax that does not assume previous experience
writing traditional SQL.

To learn more about how to write applications using the X DevAPI, see
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/x-devapi-userguide/en/. For more information
about how the X DevAPI is implemented in MySQL Connector/Python, and its
usage, see http://dev.mysql.com/doc/dev/connector-python.

Please note that the X DevAPI requires MySQL Server version 5.7.12 or
higher with the X Plugin enabled. For general documentation about how to
get started using MySQL as a document store, see
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/document-store.html.

To download MySQL Connector/Python 8.0.12, see the "General Available
(GA) releases" tab at http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/python/

Enjoy!

Changes in MySQL Connector/Python 8.0.12 (2018-07-27, General Availability)


     * Installation Notes

     * X DevAPI Notes

     * Functionality Added or Changed

     * Bugs Fixed

Installation Notes


     * Because the Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable
       installer deletes the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable
       registry keys that identify its installation, standalone MySQL
       MSIs may fail to detect the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015
       Redistributable if both it and the Microsoft Visual C++ 2017
       Redistributable are installed. The solution is to repair the
       Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable via the Windows Control
       Panel to recreate the registry keys needed for the runtime
       detection. Unlike the standalone MSIs, MySQL Installer for
       Windows contains a workaround for the detection problem.
       (Bug #28345281, Bug #91542)

X DevAPI Notes


     * For compliance with the Core DevAPI, these
       Connector/Python changes were made:

          + DatabaseObject: Deprecated: am_i_real() and who_am_i().
          Added: get_session() and the session property.

          + Collection.modify(): Deprecated: limit(x, y)'s second
          parameter, where(condition), and change(CollectionField,
          ExprOrLiteral). Changed: the modify(condition) condition is
          now mandatory.

          + Collection.find(): Deprecated: limit(x, y)'s second
          parameter. Added: limit(x).offset(y).

          + Collection.remove(): Deprecated: limit(x, y)'s second
          parameter and where(condition). Changed: the modify(condition)
          condition is now mandatory.

          + Table.select(): Deprecated: limit(x, y)'s second parameter
          and sort(). Added: limit(x).offset(y).

          + Table.delete(): Deprecated: limit(x, y)'s second parameter
          and sort(). Removed: delete(x)'s parameter in favor of using
          where() instead. Added: order_by().

          + Table.update(): Deprecated: limit(x, y)'s second parameter,
          and the sort() method. Added: order_by().

          + Session: Added: get_schemas().

          + Result: Deprecated: get_document_id() and
          get_generated_insert_id(). Moved: get_affected_items_count()
          to the BaseResult class.

          + RowResult: Added: get_columns().

          + SqlResult: Added: has_data().

          + Column: Renamed: ColumnMetaData to Column. Added properties:
          schema_name, table_name, table_label, column_name,
          column_label, type, length, fractional_digits, collation_name,
          character_set_name.

Functionality Added or Changed


     * Removed MySQL Fabric support.

     * An RPM package for installing ARM 64-bit (aarch64)
       binaries of Connector/Python on Oracle Linux 7 is now available
       in the MySQL Yum Repository and for direct download.  Known
       Limitation for this ARM release: You must enable the Oracle Linux
       7 Software Collections Repository (ol7_software_collections) to
       install this package, and must also adjust the libstdc++7 path.
       See Yum's Platform Specific Notes
 (http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/linux-installation-yum-repo.html#yum-install-platform-specifics)
       for additional details.


Bugs Fixed


     * The default character set changed from 'utf8' (an alias
       to the deprecated 'utf8mb3' character set) to 'utf8mb4'.  (Bug
       #28188883)

     * Fixed datetime conversion compatibility between Django
       2.0 and MySQL 8.0.  A workaround was to use Connector/Python's
       pure Python implementation instead the C extension by setting
       "use_pure=True" in Django's database options. (Bug #27962293, Bug
       #90541)

     * The get_row() and get_rows() behavior differed with the C
       (connections with CMySQLConnection) and pure Python (connections
       with MySQLConnection) implementations of the connector. The
       resolved differences are:

          + With the pure Python implementation, all data was returned
          as bytearrays; while the C implementation returned all data as
          Python types with CMySQLConnection (cext). Both now return
          Python types.

          + With the pure Python implementation, they returned a tuple
          with (row(s), eof), but with the C Extension they only
          returned the row(s). Now both implementations return the tuple
          form; (row(s), eof).

          + For queries returning a result, with pure Python the warning
          count was part of the returned eof. With the C extension,
          warning count was only available using the warning_count
          property of the connection object.  Related, the warning_count
          property was not available in the pure Python implementation.
          Now, result includes the warning count for both
          implementations.

          + Fetching rows using pure Python would automatically set the
          unread_rows property to False. With the C extension,
          explicitly calling the free_result() method of the connection
          object was required.  Related, free_result() was only
          available with the C extension. Now, both implementations set
          unread_rows to False.  (Bug #27411275, Bug #27991948, Bug
          #27802700, Bug #28133321, Bug #27650437, Bug #89305, Bug
          #90799, Bug #90292, Bug #91107)

     * Connecting with a collation unknown to Connector/Python
       would yield an unknown character set error. It now properly
       references the unknown collation. (Bug #27277937)

     * Deprecated the Row.get_string() method in favor of
       __getitem__. (Bug #26834200, Bug #87777)

Enjoy and thanks for the support!

On behalf of the MySQL Release Team,
Nawaz Nazeer Ahamed

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