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# Connector/Python 1.1.8 Release Notes

Release notes for MariaDB Connector/Python 1.1.8, a Stable (GA) release published 16 October 2023.

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**Release date:** 16 Oct 2023

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

**For a description of this library see the** [**MariaDB Connector/Python documentation**](https://mariadb-corporation.github.io/mariadb-connector-python/index.html) **.**

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 changes

* [CONPY-271](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONPY-271): Cusor object provides now a metadata attribute, which returns resultset metadata as a dictionary. metadata attribute also contains information about extended field types like JSON, UUID, INET4/6 and geometry types.
* Added new constants mariadb.constants.EXT\_FIELD\_TYPE which describe extended field types..

## Bug fixes

* [CONPY-270](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONPY-270): Data will be converted to Binary only if the character set is binary, the BINARY\_FLAG will be ignored.
* [CONPY-269](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONPY-269): If cursors rowcount attribute will be retrieved after the cursor was closed, rowcount now returns -1 instead of raising an exception. This is a workaround for a pandas bug.

## Installation

MariaDB Connector/Python 1.1.8 can be obtained from central python repository:

```bash
pip3 install mariadb
```

or to upgrade to the most recent version

```bash
pip3 install --upgrade mariadb
```

## 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/1.1/1.1.8.md).

## Links:

* [Documentation](https://mariadb-corporation.github.io/mariadb-connector-python/index.html)
* [Bug tracker](https://jira.mariadb.org)
* Sources are hosted on [Github](https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-python)

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