Releasesby GlyphSpanner adds automatic parameterization of SQL query literals
Spanner converts hardcoded literals in CRUD-style queries such as primary key lookups, index lookups and key joins into parameters, so execution plans are cached and reused to cut latency and CPU costs.
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Databricks Apps telemetry is now generally available
Configuring telemetry for your Databricks apps is now generally available. Databricks Apps telemetry collects traces, logs, and metrics and persists them to Unity Catalog tables using the OpenTelemetry (OTel) protocol.
Lakebase Search is generally available
Lakebase Search is now generally available. It brings scalable vector and keyword search to Lakebase projects through two Postgres extensions, so you can run semantic and exact-term search in a single database without a separate search stack: lakebase_vector adds the lakebase_ann index type for approximate nearest-neighbor vector search.
Apache Iceberg™ tables: Partition evolution (General availability)
With this release, we're pleased to announce the general availability of partition evolution for Snowflake-managed Iceberg tables. You can now change a table's partition specification after you create the table by adding, dropping, or replacing partition fields, without rewriting existing data.
[In preview] Public Preview: Foundry Routines in Foundry Agent Service
In public preview, Foundry Agent Service adds Foundry Routines, a native trigger primitive for running published agents automatically. Production agents often need to run on a schedule or when a business event occurs, and today that means assembling exter
[Launched] Generally Available: Enable and disable controls for Microsoft Foundry agents in Agent 365
Microsoft Foundry now exposes enable and disable actions for Foundry agent objects within the Agent 365 governance surface in Microsoft Admin Center, generally available. Administrators can control whether a Foundry agent is available for use across their
[In preview] Public Preview: Network egress controls for hosted agents in Microsoft Foundry
In public preview, Microsoft Foundry now lets customers govern the outbound connections a hosted agent can make. Customers author ordered rules matched on destination host, including FQDN with wildcards such as *.contoso.com, with actions to allow, deny,
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Spanner queues are generally available (GA)
Spanner queues are generally available (GA) . Spanner queues provide transactional messaging to help you manage asynchronous work. The feature pairs this capability with the scalability and reliability of Spanner, letting you build event-driven applications. For more information, see the Spanner queues overview .
Spanner Graph adds semantic options and key uniqueness validation
CREATE PROPERTY GRAPH can set description and synonyms options on labels and properties to help natural language query interfaces, and a validate_element_key_uniqueness option controls validation at schema creation.
Spanner PostgreSQL dialect adds ILIKE and NOT ILIKE
PostgreSQL-dialect databases in Spanner now support the ILIKE and NOT ILIKE operators and the pg.ilike and pg.not_ilike functions for case-insensitive pattern matching.
Spanner PostgreSQL dialect supports the TABLESAMPLE operator
PostgreSQL-dialect Spanner databases can use TABLESAMPLE to select a random sample of a dataset.
Spanner supports expression indexes on scalar expressions
Secondary indexes can be built on scalar expressions over one or more columns, removing the need for dedicated generated columns just for indexing.
Spanner supports approximate aggregate functions for both GoogleSQL and PostgreSQL dialects
Spanner supports approximate aggregate functions for both GoogleSQL and PostgreSQL dialects. These functions produce statistical estimates of distinct counts, allowing you to compute results faster and save resources on large datasets compared to exact aggregation.
Spanner applies the 80,000 mutation limit per DML statement
The DML mutation limit now applies per statement instead of across the whole transaction, so transactions can run several DML statements that together exceed it. The 100 MiB commit size limit still applies.
Spanner supports ON DELETE SET NULL foreign key action
Spanner now supports the ON DELETE SET NULL foreign key action for both GoogleSQL and PostgreSQL dialects. This allows referencing columns to be set to NULL when a referenced row is deleted.