# Connector/Python 0.9.57-beta Release Notes

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**Release date:** 15 Apr 2020

This is a [_**beta**_](../../../community-server/about/release-criteria) release of MariaDB Connector/Python and not intended for production use.

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MariaDB Connector/Python enables python programs to access MariaDB and MySQL databases, using an API which is compliant with the Python DB API 2.0 (PEP-249). It is written in C and uses MariaDB Connector/C client library for client server communication.

## Notable Updates

* Build: Posix builds don't link statically against Connector/C anymore.
* [CONPY-53](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONPY-53): Allow empty parameter sequence in execute() method
* [CONPY-56](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONPY-56): Support dictionary option in cursor: Added anoptional boolean parameter 'dictionary' for cursor class. When dictionary parameter was set to true, the fetch operations will return rows from result set as Dict.
* [CONPY-55](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONPY-55): Fixed memory leak when opening/closing cursor.

## Changelog

For a list of changes made in this release, with links to detailed information\
on each push, see the [changelog](../changelogs/mariadb-connector-python-09-changelogs/mariadb-connector-python-0957-changelog).

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