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+RELEASE NOTES
+MonetDB JDBC driver version 2.23 (Liberica/MCL-1.13)
+Release date: 2016-07-13
+
+This JDBC driver is designed for use with MonetDB, a main-memory
+database.  For more information see https://www.monetdb.org/.
+
+Within the current implementation not all functionalities of the JDBC
+interface are available.  It is believed, however, that this
+implementation is rich enough to be suitable for a majority of
+application settings.
+Note that this driver is JDBC4 compatible, and hence cannot be compiled
+with Java 1.5 and earlier.
+As of Jul2015 release we compile the java sources to target: Java 1.7.
+
+Below a list of supported features can be found.  Please read this list
+if you intend to use this driver.
+
+If you feel some features are missing or have encountered an issue/bug,
+please let us know at our bugtracker:
+  https://bugs.monetdb.org/Developers/ReportingABug
+
+Currently implemented JDBC interfaces:
+  * java.sql.Driver
+
+  * javax.sql.DataSource (not tested)
+
+  * java.sql.Connection
+    The next features/methods are NOT implemented:
+    - createStatement with result set holdability
+    - nativeSQL (there is no query parsing for JDBC escapes yet)
+    - prepareCall (CallableStatement not supported)
+    - prepareStatement with column indices or names
+    - setCatalog (there is no catalog)
+    - setHoldability (close/hold cursors over commit is not
+      configurable)
+    - isReadOnly/setReadOnly (updateable result sets are not supported at
+      all)
+    - createArrayOf
+    - createBlob, createClob, createNClob
+    - createStruct
+    - createSQLXML
+  NOTE: be sure to check for warnings after setting concurrencies or
+        isolation levels; MonetDB currently does not support anything
+        else but "fully serializable" transactions.
+
+  * java.sql.DatabaseMetaData
+
+  * java.sql.Statement
+    The next features/methods are NOT implemented:
+    - cancel/getQueryTimeout/setQueryTimeout (query execution cannot be
+      terminated, once started)
+    - execute with column indices or names
+    - executeUpdate with column indices or names
+    - getMaxFieldSize/setMaxFieldSize
+    - setCursorName
+    - setEscapeProcessing
+
+  * java.sql.PreparedStatement
+    The next features/methods are NOT implemented:
+    - setArray
+    - setAsciiStream, setBinaryStream, setUnicodeStream
+    - setBlob, setNClob, setNString
+    - setRef, setRowId, setSQLXML, setURL
+
+  * java.sql.ParameterMetaData
+
+  * java.sql.ResultSet
+    The next features/methods are NOT implemented:
+    - getArray
+    - getAsciiStream, getBinaryStream, getUnicodeStream
+    - getRef, getURL
+    - all methods related to updateable result sets
+
+  * java.sql.ResultSetMetaData
+
+  * java.sql.SavePoint
+
+  * java.sql.Blob
+    A simple implementation using a byte[] to store the whole BLOB
+    The next features/methods are NOT implemented:
+    - setBinaryStream
+
+  * java.sql.Clob
+    A simple implementation using a StringBuilder to store the whole CLOB
+    The next features/methods are NOT implemented:
+    - getAsciiStream
+    - getCharacterStream
+    - setAsciiStream
+    - setCharacterStream
+
+
+- Auto-commit behaviour is defined by the server which handles the
+  auto-commit.  This is in general in line with the JDBC standard.
+