python-oracledb 3.0.0 is now released. This release adds a number of new features and corrects a number of issues. Highlights are as follows:
- initial support for AQ in thin mode
- an Apache Arrow PyCapsule interface for efficient data exchange with external libraries
- support for Oracle Database 23.7 SPARSE VECTOR
- namespace package
oracledb.plugins
that can be used for extension of python-oracledb - support for centralized configuration providers (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage and Microsoft Azure App Configuration) as well as file-based configurations
- cloud native authentication support through the integration of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Azure SDKs
See the full release notes for all of the details.
Binaries are being built and will be available on PyPI once they have completed building.