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# Connector/J 1.3.7 Release Notes

Release notes for MariaDB Connector/J 1.3.7, published 23 March 2016.

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**Release date:** 23 Mar 2016

MariaDB Connector/J 1.3.7 is a [***Stable***](/docs/release-notes/community-server/about/release-criteria.md) ***(GA)*** release.

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For a list of all changes made in this release, with links to detailed information on each push, see the [changelog](/docs/release-notes/connectors/java/changelogs/1.3/1.3.7.md).

This version is a bugfix / performance improvement release.

## Notable changes and additions

### Major

* [CONJ-259](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONJ-259) : Server prepare statement failover uses the associated connection
* Performance improvements :
  * using directly the query.getByte("UTF-8") array to avoid recreating a new array
  * rewriteStatement improvement (parsing query to verify that query can be rewritten + performance) [CONJ-262](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONJ-262)
  * Local file upload correction when using useCompression option

### Minor

* [CONJ-267](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONJ-267) : getString on '0000-00-00' date was returning npe.
* PrepareStatement [setObject(int parameterIndex, Object x, int targetSqlType, int scaleOrLength)](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/sql/PreparedStatement.html#setObject\(int,%20java.lang.Object,%20int,%20int\)) now doesn't lose decimal when using Float or Double object

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