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# Connector/Python 1.0.0 Release Notes

Release notes for MariaDB Connector/Python 1.0.0, a Stable (GA) release published 24 June 2020.

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**Release date:** 24 June 2020

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

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

* [CONPY-81](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONPY-81): Fixed crash when switching between text and binary protocol with same cursor
* [CONPY-80](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONPY-80): Parameters in set\_config() method of ConnectionPool class have to be checked against the list of DSN keywords
* [CONPY-79](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONPY-79): When inserting NULL values with executemany() method on a server which doesn't support BULK statements NULL values weren't inserted correctly.
* [CONPY-78](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONPY-78): Since MaxScale doesn't support bulk operations yet, we have to check servers extended capability flag to determine if this feature is supported or not.
* [CONPY-76](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONPY-76): Added aliases username, passwd and db to connection keywords.
* [CONPY-70](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONPY-70): set\_config() method needs to check the passed parameter and raise an exception if the parameter type is not a dictionary.
* [CONPY-72](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONPY-72): When deallocating the connection pool class, we need to check beside pool\_size if the array containing the connections is valid.
* Fixed bug when inserting negative integer values with cursor.execute() method
* [CONPY-69](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONPY-69): Set default character set (utf8mb4) with authentication packet

## Changelog

For a list of changes made in this release, with links to detailed information on each push, see the [changelog](/docs/release-notes/connectors/python/changelogs/1.0/1.0.0.md).

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