MySQL Connector/Node.js 8.0.22 has been released

[Hery Ramilison]

Dear MySQL users,

MySQL Connector/Node.js is a new Node.js driver for use with the X
DevAPI. This release, v8.0.22, is a maintenance release of the
MySQL Connector/Node.js 8.0 series.

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.

MySQL Connector/Node.js can be downloaded through npm (see
  https://www.npmjs.com/package/@mysql/xdevapi for details) or from
  https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/nodejs/.

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/Node.js, and its usage, see
  http://dev.mysql.com/doc/dev/connector-nodejs/.

Please note that the X DevAPI requires at least MySQL Server version
8.0 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/8.0/en/document-store.html.


Changes in MySQL Connector/Node.js 8.0.22 (2020-10-19, General Availability)

Functionality Added or Changed

     * Improved test execution configuration to better align
       with other connectors. For example, unified environment
       variable names (such as changing NODE_TEST_MYSQL_HOST to
       MYSQLX_HOST). See the Connector/Node.js documentation
       (https://dev.mysql.com/doc/dev/connector-nodejs/8.0/) for
       usage information.


Bugs Fixed

     * Non-BIGINT values stored in BIGINT columns were not
       decoded properly in result sets. (Bug #31686805, Bug
       #100324)

     * Fetched results from a SET column would only contain one
       value from the set. (Bug #31654667, Bug #100255)

     * Deprecated the dbPassword and dbUser property names;
       which were aliases to the password and user properties.
       Their usage now emits deprecation level errors. (Bug
       #31599660)

     * Added a SERVER_GONE error handler to avoid potential
       circular dependency warnings with Node.js >= 14.0.0. (Bug
       #31586107, Bug #99869)

     * Restricted the offset() method to the CollectionFind and
       TableSelect APIs, as described in the X DevAPI
       specification. Using offset() on other APIs yielded this
       error: "Error: The server has gone away". Instead, this
       intended behavior is available by using a combination of
       "sort()" or "orderBy()" and "limit()". (Bug #31418813)

     * The nextResult() method returned false against an empty
       result set, and now returns true. Alternatively, use
       hasData() to check if a result set has data. (Bug
       #31037211)

     * The column.getType() method now returns the stringified
       type identifier when before it returned its numeric
       value. For example, DATETIME is now returned instead of
       12. (Bug #30922711)

     * Improved memory management for work performed by 3rd
       party APIs. (Bug #30845472)

     * Added support for lazy decoding of binary column metadata
       content. (Bug #30845366) 

On Behalf of Oracle/MySQL Release Engineering Team,
Hery Ramilison