Version 18.4 of the Microsoft ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server has been released. Version 18.4 brings some minor changes and fixes to the driver.

Added

Following the renaming of Azure Active Directory to Microsoft Entra ID, text and labels in DSN creation UI have been updated
Support for Ubuntu 24.04
Support for Alpine Linux 3.19
Added the ability to accept the EULA for DEB and RPM packages by the presence of a file

Fixed

Fix crashes when receiving invalid data from server
Fix sending of null data for fixed-length types using DAE
Fix 10-minute delay upon disconnection after timeout
Fix memory leak upon disconnection when an error occurs
Fix memory leak upon reconnection with Strict encryption
Fix intermittent crash when connecting with Strict encryption and TLS 1.3
Fix crashes under low-memory conditions

Next steps

For Windows installations, you can directly download the Microsoft ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server.

Linux and macOS packages are also available. For installation details see the online instructions.

David Engel

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