Release notes for the Microsoft SQL Server tools on Linux and macOS

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This article lists and describes what's new in the versioned releases of the Microsoft SQL Server Tools on Linux and macOS.

18.0.1.1, February 2022

New item Details
Sqlcmd Bugfix Fixed extraneous trailing bytes after encoding conversion.
TDS 8.0 Add support for TDS 8.0 strict encryption
   

17.9.1.1, February 2022

New item Details
Sqlcmd Bugfix Fixed extraneous trailing bytes after encoding conversion.
   

17.8.1.2, October 2021

New item Details
Package update Updated RPM packages for Red Hat 7, Red Hat 8, SUSE 12, and SUSE 15 to use SHA256 RPM signing.
   

17.8.1.1, July 2021

Feature added Details
Sqlcmd Token Authentication Now supported. See Connecting with sqlcmd
BCP Token Authentication Now supported. See Connecting with bcp
   

17.7.1.1, January 2021

Feature added Details
Sqlcmd Bugfix Fixed input redirection bug and empty lines leading to repeated execution.
Sqlcmd Bugfix Fixed mistaken error reporting for r, p, X and k options under certain formatting.
Sqlcmd -z/-Z "Password" Option Now supported.
   

17.6.1.1, July 2020

Feature added Details
Sqlcmd Command Line Parser Updated Fixed bugs where unexpected behavior occurred when using certain options in different orders.
Sqlcmd Error Messages Updated Fixed various inconsistencies in how errors in sqlcmd were returned.
Sqlcmd -Y Option Fixed Fixed issue where -Y option was ineffective
Sqlcmd Column Name Truncation Fixed Fixed issue where column names would be truncated incorrectly
Sqlcmd Linux Exit Codes Fixed issue where process exit code was missing on Linux
   

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