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 # Change Log
 
-## node-oracledb v5.4.0 (9 Jun 2022)
-
-- Stated compatibility is now for Node.js 14, 16 and 18.  Older releases
-  back to Node.js 10.16 should still work.
-
-- Added code to capture the [error
-  stack](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#properrstack). PR #1467
-  (Slawomir Osoba).
-
-- Added support for [token based
-  authentication](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#tokenbasedauth)
-  when establishing pool based connections and standalone connections.
-
-- Added code to keep the method name in internally bound functions.
-  PR #1466 (Slawomir Osoba).
-
-- Added a
-  [`connection.isHealthy()`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#ishealthy)
-  function to perform a local connection health check.
-
-- Added missing support for binding as `oracledb.DB_TYPE_BINARY_INTEGER`.
-
-- Fixed crash with multiple
-  [DbObject](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#dbobjectclass)
-  OUT binds ([Issue #1464](https://github.com/oracle/node-oracledb/issues/1464)).
-
-- Fixed calling `initOracleClient()` with TypeScript 4.4 ([Issue
-  1462](https://github.com/oracle/node-oracledb/issues/1462)).
-
-- Fixed numeric suffix feature (for duplicate SELECT column names when using
-  `oracledb.OUT_FORMAT_OBJECT` mode) when the column name is also a JavaScript
-  property or method name.
-
-- Fixed binding string or buffer data when explicitly specifying the type as
-  `oracledb.DB_TYPE_BLOB`, `oracledb.DB_TYPE_CLOB` or `oracledb.DB_TYPE_NCLOB`.
-
-- Fixed a crash when certain errors occur during binding. ([ODPI-C
-  change](https://github.com/oracle/odpi/commit/13899afcbdf51998863d48752debc3f239f3d655)).
-
-- Fixed a bug causing ORA-25263 when dequeuing a message with a specific
-  message ID. ([ODPI-C
-  change](https://github.com/oracle/odpi/commit/68c438dd3b779e8f5eb146a0762d6cd149cdf9f1)).
-
-## node-oracledb v5.3.0 (22 Oct 2021)
-
-- Added a
-  [`keepInStmtCache`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#propexeckeepinstmtcache)
-  option to `execute()`, `executeMany()`, and `queryStream()` to control
-  whether executed statements are retained in the Statement Cache.
-  ([Issue #182](https://github.com/oracle/node-oracledb/issues/182)).
-
-- Encapsulated the connection pool statistics in a [PoolStatistics
-  Class](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#poolstatisticsclass).
-  Added a
-  [`poolstatistics.logStatistics()`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#poolstatisticslogstatistics)
-  function, equivalent to the existing `pool.logStatistics()` function.  Exposed
-  pool properties `user`, `connectString`, `edition`, `events`,
-  `externalAuth`, and `homogeneous` on the Pool and PoolStatistics classes.
-
-- Added [Two-Phase Commit](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#twopc) support.
-
-- Fixed `queryStream()` logical error handling ([Issue
-  1391](https://github.com/oracle/node-oracledb/issues/1391)).
-
-- Prevent intermingling of `queryStream()` streaming and `getRow()`/`getRows()`
-  calls.
-
-- Made an internal change for TypeScript 4.4's imported function behavior with
-  'this' ([Issue 1408](https://github.com/oracle/node-oracledb/issues/1408)).
-
-## node-oracledb v5.2.0 (7 Jun 2021)
-
-- Connection pool changes:
-
-    - Pool attributes can be changed during application runtime with
-      [`pool.reconfigure()`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#poolreconfigure).
-      This lets properties such as the pool size be changed dynamically instead
-      of having to restart the application or create a new pool.
-
-    - Formalized pool statistics with the addition of a pool creation attribute
-      [`enableStatistics`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#createpoolpoolattrsstats),
-      and with the functions
-      [`pool.getStatistics()`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#poolgetstatistics)
-      and
-      [`pool.logStatistics()`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#poollogstatistics).
-      Pool statistics can be be enabled, disabled, or reset with
-      `pool.reconfigure()`.  The older `_enableStats` attribute and
-      `_logStats()` function are aliases for the new functionality but will be
-      removed in a future version of node-oracledb.
-
-    - Added `currentQueueLength` and `poolMaxPerShard` to the pool statistics.
-
-    - Fixed connection pool statistics "minimum time in queue" and "maximum
-      time in queue" calculations.
-
-    - Fixed the statement cache size set for the initial `poolMin` connections
-      created by `oracledb.createPool()`.
-
-    - Fixed `queueTimeout` of 0 to allow pool connection requests to be queued
-      indefinitely.  See [Issue
-      1338](https://github.com/oracle/node-oracledb/issues/1338).
-
-- Concurrent operations on a single connection are now queued in the JavaScript
-  layer, which can help reduce thread usage for applications that are unable to
-  do their own queuing.  A new
-  [`oracledb.errorOnConcurrentExecute`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#propdberrconexecute)
-  property can be used during development to throw an error if concurrent
-  operations are attempted on any single connection.
-
-- Enhanced dead connection detection.  If an Oracle Database error indicates
-  that a connection is no longer usable, the error `DPI-1080: connection was
-  closed by ORA-%d` is now returned.  The `%d` will be the Oracle error causing
-  the connection to be closed.  Using the connection after this will give
-  `DPI-1010: not connected`.  This behavior also applies for
-  [`oracle.callTimeout`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#propconncalltimeout)
-  errors that result in an unusable connection. ([ODPI-C
-  change](https://github.com/oracle/odpi/commit/072739355b8b9d5a4bba3583a79ed53deb15907e)).
-
-- Enhanced
-  [`getRows()`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#getrows) to
-  be able to return all rows in one call.
-
-- Added `username` as an alias for `user` in connection properties.
-
-- Enhanced the numeric suffix feature (for duplicate SELECT column names when
-  using `oracledb.OUT_FORMAT_OBJECT` mode) to also support nested cursors and
-  REF CURSORS.
-
-- Added support for caching the database version number in pooled connections
-  with Oracle Client 19 and earlier (later Oracle Clients handle this caching
-  internally).  This optimization eliminates a round-trip previously often
-  required when reusing a pooled connection.  ([ODPI-C
-  change](https://github.com/oracle/odpi/commit/87268e832363083c1e228922ee11e2fa7aaf8880)).
-
-- [SODA](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#sodaoverview) changes:
-
-    - Added [SODA metadata
-      cache](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#sodamdcache)
-      support to connection pools.  This significantly improves the performance
-      of opening collections.  Caching is available when using Oracle Client
-      version 21.3 (or later).  It is also available in Oracle Client 19 from
-      19.11 onwards.
-
-    - Added a SODA
-      [`hint()`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#sodaoperationclasshint)
-      SodaOperation method and equivalent hint option to
-      `sodaCollection.insertManyAndGet()`, `sodaCollection.insertOneAndGet()`,
-      and `sodaCollection.saveAndGet()` to allow monitoring and passing hints.
-
-- Fixed crashes seen with Worker threads ([ODPI-C
-  change](https://github.com/oracle/odpi/commit/09da0065409702cc28ba622951ca999a6b77d0e9)).
-
-- Fixed a failure when using JavaScript functions on OUT bind variables from
-  `executeMany()` that require the connection, for example accessing database
-  objects or streaming LOBs.
-
-- Fixed use of `oracledb.NCLOB` in `fetchAsString`.  See [Issue
-  1351](https://github.com/oracle/node-oracledb/issues/1351).
-
-- Test and documentation improvements.
-
-## node-oracledb v5.1.0 (8 Dec 2020)
-
-- Added
-  [`oracledb.dbObjectAsPojo`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#propdbobjpojo)
-  and a `connection.execute()` option
-  [`dbObjectAsPojo`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#propexecobjpojo).
-  These specify whether Oracle Database named objects or collections that are
-  queried should be returned to the application as "plain old JavaScript
-  objects" or kept as database-backed objects.  This option also applies to
-  output `BIND_OUT` bind variables.
-
-- Enhanced JSON support to work with Oracle Database 21's native JSON storage
-  format.  A new type `oracledb.DB_TYPE_JSON` was added.
-
-- Numeric suffixes are now added to duplicate SELECT column names when using
-  `oracledb.OUT_FORMAT_OBJECT` mode, allowing all columns to be represented in
-  the JavaScript object.
-
-- The value of `prefetchRows` set when getting a REF CURSOR as a BIND_OUT
-  parameter is now used in the subsequent data retrieval from that cursor.
-
-- Fixed a compatibility regression affecting SODA "get" operations using older
-  Oracle Client releases.
-
-- Fixed a memory leak getting attributes of objects or elements of collections
-  that are themselves objects.
-
-## node-oracledb v5.0.0 (29 Jun 2020)
-
-- Stated compatibility is now for Node.js 10.16+, 12 and 14.
-
-- Installation Changes:
-
-    - Added an
-      [`oracledb.initOracleClient()`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#odbinitoracleclient)
-      function to specify the directories that the Oracle Client libraries and
-      optional Oracle configuration files are in, and to specify other
-      configuration values, see [Initializing
-      Node-oracledb](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#initnodeoracledb).
-
-    - macOS Instant Client installation instructions have necessarily changed to
-      work with recent Node.js versions.  Instant Client libraries in `~/lib`
-      will no longer be used.  See
-      [INSTALL](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/INSTALL.html#instosx).
-
-    - Fixed how the module binary is found when using Webpack.
-
-      Webpack users should copy the node-oracledb binary into a sub-directory of
-      the output directory.  For example if the output directory is `dist`, then
-      the binary should be in
-      `dist/node_modules/oracledb/build/Release/oracledb-5.0.0-linux-x64.node`.
-      A copy plugin in `webpack.config.js` can do this by copying
-      `node_modules/oracledb/build` to a directory of that same name.  See
-      [Issue 1156](https://github.com/oracle/node-oracledb/issues/1156).
-
-    - Updated [Docker installation
-      documentation](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/INSTALL.html#docker)
-      for changes to the Node.js image ([Issue #1201](https://github.com/oracle/node-oracledb/issues/1201)).
-
-    - Removed use of git in `package/buildpackage.js` making offline builds cleaner
-      for self-hosting node-oracledb.
-
-- Connection Pool changes:
-
-    - Added
-      [`oracledb.queueMax`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#propdbqueuemax)
-      and equivalent `createPool()` option attribute
-      [`queueMax`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#createpoolpoolattrsqueuemax)
-      to limit the number of pending `pool.getConnection()` calls in the pool
-      queue ([Issue #514](https://github.com/oracle/node-oracledb/issues/514)).
-
-    - Made an internal change to use an Oracle Client 20 Session Pool feature
-      allowing node-oracledb connection pools to shrink to `poolMin` even when
-      there is no pool activity.
-
-- Added
-  [`oracledb.prefetchRows`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#propdbprefetchrows)
-  and equivalent `execute()` option attribute
-  [`prefetchRows`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#propexecprefetchrows)
-  for query row fetch tuning to optimize round-trips, or disable prefetching
-  altogether.  See [Tuning Fetch
-  Performance](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#rowfetching).
-
-- Added support for queries containing cursor expressions that return [nested
-  cursors](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#nestedcursors).
-
-- Added database instance startup and shutdown functions
-[`oracledb.startup()`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#odbstartup),
-[`oracledb.shutdown()`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#odbshutdown),
-[`connection.startup()`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#constartup),
-and
-[`connection.shutdown()`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#conshutdown).
-
-- Added a new constant
-  [`oracledb.SYSPRELIM`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#oracledbconstantsprivilege)
-  to allow preliminary database connections, such as required when starting a
-  database.
-
-- Added support for ResultSet IN binds to PL/SQL REF CURSOR parameters.
-
-- Added support for PL/SQL Collection Associative Arrays "index-by tables" of
-  the following types: `oracledb.DB_TYPE_NVARCHAR`, `oracledb.DB_TYPE_CHAR`,
-  `oracledb.DB_TYPE_NCHAR`, `oracledb.DB_TYPE_BINARY_FLOAT`,
-  `oracledb.DB_TYPE_BINARY_DOUBLE`, `oracledb.DB_TYPE_DATE`,
-  `oracledb.DB_TYPE_TIMESTAMP`, `oracledb.DB_TYPE_TIMESTAMP_LTZ`,
-  `oracledb.DB_TYPE_TIMESTAMP_TZ` and `oracledb.DB_TYPE_RAW`.
-
-- Refactored the module's JavaScript code layer to use async/await.
-
-- Removed support for custom Promise libraries.  Use the native Node.js Promise
-  implementation instead.  This change was necessitated by the refactored
-  JavaScript implementation.
-
-- NJS-005 and NJS-009 are now passed through the callback (if one is used).
-
-- Fixed a segfault that occurred when binding a database object IN/OUT without
-  providing the database object class.
-
-- Fixed OUT binds of type `oracledb.DB_TYPE_DATE`, `oracledb.DB_TYPE_TIMESTAMP`
-  and `oracledb.DB_TYPE_TIMESTAMP_TZ` to correctly return Dates.
-
-- [SODA](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#sodaoverview) changes:
-
-    - The value of `oracledb.fetchArraySize` now tunes SODA `getCursor()` and
-      `getDocuments()` performance when using Oracle Client 19.5.  Added the
-      SODA `find()` non-terminal function
-      [`fetchArraySize()`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#sodaoperationclassfetcharraysize)
-      to tune individual `find()` operations.
-
-    - Added Oracle Database 20c SODA 'upsert' functions
-      [`sodaCollection.save()`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#sodacollsave)
-      and
-      [`sodaCollection.saveAndGet()`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#sodacollsaveandget).
-
-    - Added Oracle Database 20c SODA function
-      [`sodaCollection.truncate()`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#sodacolltruncate).
-
-- Lob Changes:
-
-    - Fixed Lob class
-      [`lob.type`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#proplobtype)
-      and
-      [`metaData.fetchType`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#execmetadata)
-      when streaming NCLOB data.  They are now `oracledb.NCLOB` instead of
-      `oracledb.CLOB`.
-
-    - Fixed `Lob.destroy()` so it does not call the old `Lob.close()` method, which
-      emits a duplicate close event.
-
-    - Lobs being streamed to are now correctly destroyed on error.
-
-- Made an internal change to use an Oracle Client 20 feature to avoid a
-  round-trip when accessing
-  [`connection.oracleServerVersion`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#propconnoracleserverversion)
-  or [`connection.oracleServerVersionString`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#propconnoracleserverversionstring)
-  for the first time.
-
-- Updated examples and documentation to make more use of Node.js 8's Stream
-  `destroy()` method, allowing resources to be freed early.
-
-- Test and documentation improvements.
-
-## node-oracledb v4.2.0 (24 Jan 2020)
-
-- Added support for binding using the node-oracledb [Database Type
-  Constants](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#oracledbconstantsdbtype)
-  `DB_TYPE_DATE`, `DB_TYPE_CHAR`, `DB_TYPE_NCHAR`, `DB_TYPE_NVARCHAR`,
-  `DB_TYPE_NCLOB`, `DB_TYPE_BINARY_DOUBLE`, `DB_TYPE_BINARY_FLOAT`,
-  `DB_TYPE_BINARY_INTEGER`, `DB_TYPE_TIMESTAMP`, and `DB_TYPE_TIMESTAMP_TZ`.
-
-- Added support for binding using `DB_TYPE_BOOLEAN` (Diego Arce).
-
-- Added support for creating temporary NCLOBS with
-  [`connection.createLob(oracledb.NCLOB)`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#connectioncreatelob).
-
-- Added [client initiated
-  connection](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#consubscribeoptclientinitiated)
-  support for Continuous Query Notification (CQN) and other subscription based
-  notifications.
-
-- Added
-  [`result.lastRowid`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#execlastrowid)
-  to `execute()`.  It contains the ROWID of the last row affected by an INSERT,
-  UPDATE, DELETE or MERGE statement.
-
-- Changed the Error object
-  [`offset`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#properroffset)
-  to be 32-bit, allowing the
-  [`batchErrors`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#executemanyoptbatcherrors)
-  mode of `executeMany()` to show row `offset` values up to (2^32)-1 ([ODPI-C
-  change](https://github.com/oracle/odpi/commit/294d5966cd513d0c29fdeec3bbbdfad376f81d4f)).
-
-- Avoid intermediate conversion from the database national character set to the
-  database character set when querying NCLOB columns as String.
-
-- Fixed various execution failures with Node.js 13.2 due to a Node.js NULL pointer behavior change ([ODPI-C
-  change](https://github.com/oracle/odpi/commit/7693865bb6a98568546aa319cc0fdb9e208cf9d4)).
-
-- Fixed connection pooling so sharded `pool.getConnection()` requests respect
-  `queueTimeout` when `poolMaxPerShard` has been reached.
-
-- Added a directory to the binary module search to help Webpack use, though a
-  copy plugin is still required, see
-  [here](https://github.com/oracle/node-oracledb/issues/1156#issuecomment-571554125).
-
-- Fixed some static code analysis warnings.
-
-- Updated Lob streaming documentation and examples. Applications should use the
-  `end` event (for readable streams) and `finish` event (for writeable streams)
-  instead of the `close` event.  The node-oracledb `lob.close()` method is now
-  deprecated in favor of the more functional Node.js 8 Stream `destroy()`
-  method.
-
-- Test and documentation improvements.
-
-## node-oracledb v4.1.0 (26 Nov 2019)
-
-- Added end-to-end tracing attributes
-  [`connection.clientInfo`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#propconnclientinfo)
-  and [`connection.dbOp`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#propconndbop).
-
-- Added support for [Oracle
-  Sharding](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#sharding).
-
-- Fixed a [regression](https://github.com/oracle/node-oracledb/issues/1152) when
-  binding dates with alternative JavaScript frameworks.
-
-- Fixed "NJS-024: memory allocation failed" errors seen on AIX.
-
-- Fixed a JavaScript memory leak when getting Oracle Database named type
-  information, such as with `getDbObjectClass()`.
-
-- Corrected support for PLS_INTEGER and BINARY_INTEGER types when used in PL/SQL
-  records ([ODPI-C
-  change](https://github.com/oracle/odpi/commit/4e80a81257ce6e1066f4f6242fed533eaed45753)).
-
-- Corrected `queryStream()` documentation and examples to show the `'close'`
-  event should be received before closing connections.  If connections are
-  closed on the `'end'` event, then significant C layer memory may be [held
-  open](https://github.com/oracle/node-oracledb/issues/1173) until the garbage
-  collector frees the associated JavaScript resource.
-
-- Reverted the
-  [`events`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#propdbevents)
-  default back to pre-4.0 behavior due to connection creation timeouts in some
-  environments.  It is now *false* again.
-
-- Error changes:
-
-    - Ensured that `queryStream()` errors raised during close are emitted in the
-      `'error'` event.
-
-    - Enforce only one of `connectString` or `connectionString` being used for
-      connection.
-
-    - Improved some error messages.
-
-    - Refactored implementation of function argument checking.
-
-- Test and documentation improvements.
-
-## node-oracledb v4.0.1 (19 Aug 2019)
-
-- Fixed a regression causing a segfault when setting `oracledb.connectionClass`
-  and not creating a pool ([ODPI-C change](https://github.com/oracle/odpi/commit/f945355f3e58e7337dd798cba0404ab5755f0692)).
-
-- Fixed a regression when enumerable properties were added to
-  `Object.prototype`.
-  ([#1129](https://github.com/oracle/node-oracledb/issues/1129)).
-
-- Fixed a regression with missing `metaData` from `connection.getStatementInfo()`
-
-- Fixed crashes with spurious subscription (e.g. CQN) notifications, and when
-  unsubscribing an invalid subscription.
-
-- A more meaningful error is returned when calling `connection.subscribe()` with
-  SQL that is not a SELECT statement ([ODPI-C
-  change](https://github.com/oracle/odpi/commit/f95846bef6cf70e8114cbbb59ca04fbe2e7a3903))
-
-- Fixed passing DbObjects and JavaScript objects as the `payload` attribute for
-  AQ message enqueues when using an object queue.
-
-- Made the error message for AQ `queue.deqMany(0)` the same NJS-005 given when a
-  negative number is used.
-
-- Fixed a compilation warning seen on Windows.
-
-- Improve portability of buildbinary.js, a package creation script ([#1129](https://github.com/oracle/node-oracledb/issues/1129)).
-
-## node-oracledb v4.0.0 (25 Jul 2019)
-
-- Refactored the node-oracledb implementation to use
-  [N-API](https://nodejs.org/api/n-api.html) in place of
-  [NAN](https://github.com/nodejs/nan).
-    - Node-oracledb 4 requires Node.js 8.16 or Node.js 10.16, or higher.  Node.js 8.16, 10.16, 11.12 and 12 contain an important N-API performance fix.
-    - N-API allows node-oracledb binaries to be portable between Node.js versions on a given operating system, subject to N-API compatibility.  Node-oracledb uses N-API version 4.
-    - Oracle Client libraries are still required at runtime.  These can be from Oracle Instant Client, the full Oracle Client, or an Oracle Database installation.
-    - The string representation of classes has changed to `[object Object]` as a consequence of using N-API.  Use `Object.getPrototypeOf()` to get class information.
-    - The C compiler required for building from source code no longer needs C++11 compatibility.  The node-oracledb source code is now pure C.
-
-- Added support for querying and binding [Oracle Database Objects and
-  Collections](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#objects).
-
-- Added support for [Oracle Advanced Queuing (AQ)](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#aq):
-
-    - Added support for "RAW" queues, allowing String and Buffer
-      messages to be used.
-
-    - Added support for object queues, allowing Oracle Database object
-      messages to be used.
-
-    - Added support for notifications with `oracledb.SUBSCR_NAMESPACE_AQ`.
-
-- Added support for [Implicit
-  Results](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#implicitresults),
-  allowing query results to be returned from PL/SQL without needing
-  parameters or bind variables.
-
-- Added asynchronous method
-  [`lob.getData()`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#lobgetdata)
-  to return all data from a Lob readable stream.
-
-- Added a new `dbTypeName` attribute to [`extendedMetaData`
-  output](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#execmetadata).
-  It contains the name of the type the column has in the database,
-  such as "VARCHAR2".
-
-- Enhanced BIND_IN of PL/SQL Collection Associative Arrays (Index-by)
-  so a bind definition object can be omitted (see
-  [#1039](https://github.com/oracle/node-oracledb/issues/1039)).
-
-- Continuous Query Notification (CQN) Improvements:
-
-    - Added support for getting the [registration
-      id](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#consubscribecallback)
-      for CQN subscriptions.
-
-    - Added support and message type constants for database startup
-      and shutdown events.
-
-    - Fixed a crash that occurred when unsubscribing from CQN while
-      notifications were ongoing ([ODPI-C
-      change](https://github.com/oracle/odpi/commit/b96b11b7fe58f32f011c7f7419555e40268d5bf4)).
-
-- Added
-  [`connection.currentSchema`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#propconncurrentschema)
-  for setting the schema qualifier to be used when a qualifier is
-  omitted in SQL statements.  This is an efficient alternative to
-  `ALTER SESSION SET CURRENT_SCHEMA`.
-
-- Renumbered [node-oracledb Type
-  Constants](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#oracledbconstantsnodbtype)
-  and [Oracle Database Type
-  Constants](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#oracledbconstantsdbtype)
-  to allow for future enhancements.
-
-- Introduced [Query `outFormat`
-  Constants](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#oracledbconstantsoutformat)
-  `oracledb.OUT_FORMAT_ARRAY` and `oracledb.OUT_FORMAT_OBJECT`.  The
-  previous constants `oracledb.ARRAY` and `oracledb.OBJECT` are
-  deprecated but still usable.
-
-- Improved the performance of [`oracledb.outFormat`](#propdboutformat) mode `oracledb.OUT_FORMAT_OBJECT`.
-
-- Improved the fetch performance of LOBs in some cases by reducing the
-  number of round-trips required between node-oracledb and Oracle
-  Database ([ODPI-C
-  change](https://github.com/oracle/odpi/commit/58e6a07ff5bb428a09068456ef5231884fcb77db)).
-
-- Change the
-  [`events`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#propdbevents)
-  default to *true*.
-
-- Updated the JavaScript syntax in class implementations.
-
-- Class methods are now configurable.  For example via
-  `Object.defineProperty`.
-
-- Error handling changes:
-
-    - Corrected the error message returned when invalid types are used for
-      boolean options.
-
-    - Standardized error messages for incorrect function parameters.  Now
-      NJS-005 and NJS-007 are used in place of NJS-006 and NJS-008,
-      respectively.
-
-    - Exceptions from user getters for parameter object attribute access
-      are now passed through the error callback.
-
-    - The NJS-014 error when setting a read-only property was replaced
-      with a standard JavaScript message.
-
-    - When passing 0 or a negative value for the number of iterations to
-      `connection.executeMany()`, errors now occur through the error callback.
-
-    - Some error numbers may have changed due to code refactoring.
-      Some message text was updated.
-
-- [SODA](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#sodaoverview) changes:
-
-    - Added SODA bulk insert methods
-      [`sodaCollection.insertMany()`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#sodacollinsertmany)
-      and
-      [`sodaCollection.insertManyAndGet()`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#sodacollinsertmanyandget).
-
-    - Document that the general SODA API is out of Preview status when
-      using Oracle Client 18.5 or Oracle Client 19.3, or later. The
-      new node-oracledb 4.0 methods `sodaCollection.insertMany()` and
-      `sodaCollection.insertManyAndGet()` are in Preview status and
-      should not be used in production.
-
-    - Corrected the type of
-      [`sodaCollection.metaData`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#sodacollectionpropmetadata).
-      It is now an Object, as was documented.
-
-    - Corrected processing of the `force` option in SODA [`sodaCollection.dropIndex()`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#sodacolldropindex).
-
-    - Corrected the error message parameter number for SODA
-      [`sodaDatabase.getCollectionNames()`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#sodadbgetcollectionnames).
-
-- Fixed writing of multi-byte characters to CLOBs when multiple writes
-  are required.
-
-- Fixed a crash occurring when draining the connection pool ([ODPI-C
-  change](https://github.com/oracle/odpi/commit/https://github.com/oracle/odpi/commit/7666dc3208087383f7f0f5e49c1ee423cb154997)).
-
-- Corrected `pool.status` to be read-only, as was documented.
-
-- Updated documentation.
-
-- Added new tests.
-
-- Added new examples.  Updated existing examples to the Node.js 8 Async/Await style of programming.
-
-## node-oracledb v3.1.2 (22 Feb 2019)
-
-- Fixed a bug causing CQN crashes when multiple queries are registered
-  ([ODPI-C change](https://github.com/oracle/odpi/issues/96)).
-
-- Fixed a CQN race condition to prevent a crash when a multiple
-  `connection.unsubscribe()` calls are made on the same subscription.
-
-- Improved validation of `executeMany()` arguments to prevent a crash.
-
-- Standardized error message for SODA `createCollection()` with
-  invalid metadata.
-
-- Corrected the DPI-1050 error text displayed when the Oracle Client
-  libraries are too old ([ODPI-C change](https://github.com/oracle/odpi/commit/d2fea3801286d054e18b0102e60a69907b7faa9a)).
-
-- Allow `npm run buildbinary` to succeed even if `git` is not
-  available.
-
-- Use a relative URL for the ODPI-C submodule to make cloning from
-  oss.oracle.com also use ODPI-C from oss.oracle.com
-
-## node-oracledb v3.1.1 (25 Jan 2019)
-
-- Rebuild npm package to resolve Linux binary build issue.
-
-## node-oracledb v3.1.0 (22 Jan 2019)
-
-- Support tagging of pooled connections when releasing them to the
-  connection pool.  When using Oracle Client libraries 12.2 or later,
-  Oracle's multi-property tagging is used, and a PL/SQL "session"
-  state fix-up procedure can be called when a requested connection tag
-  does not match the actual tag.  This removes the need to reset
-  connection session state after every `pool.getConnection()` call.
-
-- Support a Node.js callback function for connection pools.  It is
-  called when a connection is newly created and has never been
-  acquired from the pool before, or when a requested connection tag
-  does not match the actual tag.
-
-- Support explicit dropping of connections from connection pools.
-
-- Support passing parameters in `oracledb.getConnection()` (such as
-  `poolAlias`, `tag` and proxy authentication credentials) for use
-  with the pool cache.
-
-- Support the combination of a user proxy and external authentication
-  with standalone connections (ODPI-C change).
-
-- Defer initialization of the Oracle Client libraries until the first
-  use of `oracledb.getConnection()`, `oracledb.createPool()`,
-  `oracledb.oracleClientVersion`, or
-  `oracledb.oracleClientVersionString`.
-
-  If the Oracle Client cannot be loaded, `getConnection()` and
-  `createPool()` will return an error via the callback.  Accessing
-  `oracledb.oracleClientVersion` or
-  `oracledb.oracleClientVersionString` with throw an error.
-
-  This change allows `require('oracledb')` to always succeed, allowing
-  node-oracledb constants and other attributes to be accessed even if
-  the Oracle Client is not installed.
-
-  This makes it easier to include node-oracledb in multi-database
-  applications where not all users will be accessing Oracle Database.
-
-  It allows code generation tools to access node-oracledb constants
-  without needing Oracle Client installed (see
-  [#983](https://github.com/oracle/node-oracledb/issues/983)).
-
-  Applications now have more scope to alter Oracle environment
-  variables referenced by the Oracle Client layer. Note it is still
-  recommended that the environment be set before Node.js is executed
-  due to potential for confusion or unexpected behavior due to
-  order-of-execution issues.
-
-- Support fetching XMLTYPE columns in queries.  They will return as
-  String limited to the VARCHAR2 length.
-
-- Updated install processes by bundling all pre-built binaries into
-  the https://www.npmjs.com/package/oracledb package, removing the
-  need for a separate binary package download from GitHub.  At runtime
-  an appropriate binary is loaded by `require()`, if it exists,
-  allowing one `node_modules/oracledb` install to be usable in
-  different environments.
-
-  Source code is no longer included in the npm package.  It is still
-  available from GitHub and oss.oracle.com.
-
-  The steps for self-hosting a node-oracledb package have changed, see
-  [INSTALL](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/INSTALL.html#selfhost).
-
-- Fixed a crash with high frequency notifications from CQN
-  ([#1009](https://github.com/oracle/node-oracledb/issues/1009)).
-
-- Fixed `poolPingInterval` with Oracle client libraries 12.2 or later
-  (ODPI-C change).
-
-- Fixed an issue with `poolPingInterval` that could cause usable
-  pooled connections to be unnecessarily dropped by
-  `connection.close()`.  (ODPI-C change).
-
-- Fixed a memory leak under certain cirumstances when pooled
-  connections are released back to the pool. (ODPI-C change)
-
-- Display correct error message for SODA `createIndex()` when no
-  parameter is passed.
-
-- Fixed some SODA stability issues (node-oracledb and ODPI-C changes).
-
-- Improved the statement error Allow List to avoid unnecessarily
-  dropping statements from the statement cache (ODPI-C change).
-
-- Made internal changes to fix V8 deprecation compilation warnings
-  with Node.js 10.12, and fixed other static analysis warnings.
-
-## node-oracledb v3.0.1 (15 Nov 2018)
-
-- Improve validation for SODA `createDocument()` arguments.
-
-- Stated compatibility is now for Node.js 6, 8, 10, and 11.
-
-- Upgraded NAN dependency from 2.10 to 2.11.1.
-
-## node-oracledb v3.0.0 (1 Oct 2018)
-
-- Added new APIs for Simple Oracle Document Access
-  ([SODA](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#sodaoverview)),
-  available when using Oracle Database 18.3 and Oracle client
-  libraries version 18.3, or later.
-
-- Added a `drainTime` argument to
-  [`pool.close()`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#poolclose),
-  allowing pools to be force-closed after a specified number of
-  seconds.  PR #950 (Danilo Silva).
-
-- Added a
-  [`connection.callTimeout`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#propconncalltimeout)
-  property to interrupt long running database calls, available when
-  using Oracle client libraries version 18.1, or later.
-
-- Added support for specifying the number of iterations to
-  `executeMany()` instead of always requiring an input binds array.
-  This is useful when there are no binds, or only OUT binds.
-
-- Added binary installer basic proxy authentication support.  Reuse
-  `npm config` proxy.  PR #919 (Cemre Mengu).
-
-- Additionally enable `poolPingInterval` functionality when using
-  Oracle client libraries 12.2, or later, to aid silent pool
-  connection re-establishment after connections exceed database
-  session resource limits (e.g. ORA-02396), or are explicitly closed
-  by DBAs (e.g. ORA-00028).  (ODPI-C change).
-
-- Removed the connection pool
-  [`queueRequests`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#propdbqueuerequests)
-  property.  Now `pool.getConnection()` calls are always queued if the
-  pool is fully in use.
-
-- Altered the internal `pool.getConnection()` logic to work better
-  with Oracle client 18 library pool changes and retain backward
-  compatibility with older Oracle clients.  This prevents
-  `pool.getConnection()` returning ORA-24418 when the connection pool
-  needs to grow and Oracle client 18 libraries are being used.
-
-- Unused properties in objects such as the `execute()` result are no
-  longer set.  Previously some were set to `undefined`.
-
-- On Windows, Oracle Client libraries in
-  `node_modules\oracledb\build\Release` adjacent to the oracledb.node
-  binary will now be used in preference to those in PATH. (ODPI-C
-  change).
-
-- Change the binary package filename format from '...-node-vXX...' to
-  to '...-node-abiXX...' to reduce Node version and ABI confusion.
-
-- Eliminated a memory leak when fetching LOBs and more than one
-  internal fetch occurs.
-
-- Test updates.
-
-- Documentation updates, including an attribute type correction from
-  PR #970 (Cemre Mengu)
-
-- Examples were added and updated.
-
-## node-oracledb v2.3.0 (7 Jun 2018)
-
-- The stated compatibility is now for Node.js 6, 8, and 10 due to EOL
-  of Node.js 4, and the release of Node 10.
-
-- Added support for heterogeneous connection pooling and for proxy
-  support in connection pools.  This allows each connection in the
-  pool to use different database credentials.
-
-- Added support for Oracle Database Continuous Query Notifications
-  (CQN), allowing JavaScript methods to be called when database
-  changes are committed.
-
-- Added support to `fetchAsString` and `fetchInfo` for fetching RAW
-  columns as STRING (hex-encoded).
-
-- Added Windows support for building binary packages for self-hosting
-  on internal networks. PR #891 (Danilo Silva).
-
-- Eliminated a memory leak when binding LOBs as `oracledb.BIND_INOUT`.
-
-- Added an error message indicating that `batchErrors` and
-  `dmlRowCounts` can only be used with INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE and
-  MERGE statements.
-
-- Fixed a bug that caused `queryStream()` to emit multiple close
-  events in Node.js 10.
-
-- Fixed a crash when getting the list of names for an undefined object
-  with Node.js 6.
-
-- Remove deprecated `Buffer()` function in tests in order to eliminate
-  a deprecation warning with Node.js 10.
-
-- Upgraded NAN dependency from 2.8 to 2.10.
-
-- Made some internal changes to fix NAN 2.10 deprecations: Replaced
-  `v8::String::Utf8Value` with `Nan::Uft8String`.  Replaced
-  `MakeCallback()` with `runInAsyncScope()`.
-
-- Mention that `queueRequests` is deprecated and will be removed in a
-  future version; connection pool queuing will always be enabled in
-  that future version.
-
-## node-oracledb v2.2.0 (3 Apr 2018)
-
-- Added
-  [`oracledb.oracleClientVersionString`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#propdboracleclientversionstring)
-  and
-  [`connection.oracleServerVersionString`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#propconnoracleserverversionstring)
-  to complement the existing numeric properties.
-
-- Added
-  [`oracledb.edition`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#propdbedition)
-  to support Edition-Based Redefinition.  This removes the need to use
-  an `ALTER SESSION` command or `ORA_EDITION` environment variable.
-
-- Added
-  [`oracledb.events`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#propdbevents)
-  to allow the Oracle client library to receive Oracle Database
-  service events, such as FAN and RLB events.  This removes the need
-  to use an `oraaccess.xml` file to enable event handling.
-
-- Added
-  [`connection.changePassword()`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#changingpassword)
-  for changing passwords, and also added support for changing the
-  password during `oracledb.getConnection()`.
-
-- Added
-  [`connection.executeMany()`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#executemany)
-  for efficient batch DML (e.g. INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE) and PL/SQL
-  execution with multiple records.
-
-- Added
-  [`connection.getStatementInfo()`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#getstmtinfo)
-  to find information about a SQL statement without executing it.
-
-- Added
-  [`connection.ping()`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#connectionping)
-  to support system health checks.
-
-- Added support for binding RAW types into Buffers in DML RETURNING statements.
-
-- Created GitHub 'pages' for hosting documentation.  See:
-    - https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb
-    - https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/INSTALL.html
-    - https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html
-
-- Simplified the binary installer messages to reduce user uncertainty.
-
-- Improved the text for the NJS-045 runtime loader failure error.
-
-- Made the implementations of `connection.close()` and `pool.close()`
-  the primary code paths in place of their respective aliases
-  `connection.release()` and `pool.terminate()`.
-
-- An empty object for `fetchInfo` no longer produces an error.
-
-- Updated database abstraction layer to ODPI-C 2.3
-
-- Fixed compilation warnings on Windows.
-
-- Updated the node-oracledb implementation to replace V8 deprecations.
-
-## node-oracledb v2.1.2 (21 Feb 2018)
-
-- Fixed regression with end-to-end tracing attributes not being set.
-
-- Fix binary installer proxy 403 (Bruno Jouhier)
-
-## node-oracledb v2.1.1 (16 Feb 2018)
-
-- Fixed regression with `queryStream()` in Node 4 & 6
-  ([#847](https://github.com/oracle/node-oracledb/issues/847)).
-
-## node-oracledb v2.1.0 (15 Feb 2018)
-
-- Added support for [privileged standalone
-  connections](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#privconn):
-  SYSDBA, SYSOPER, SYSASM, SYSBACKUP, SYSDG, SYSKM, and SYSRAC
-
-- Improved the
-  [Error](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#properror)
-  object with new `errorNum` and `offset` properties for Oracle
-  errors.
-
-- Added new
-  [`versionString`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#propdbversionstring)
-  and
-  [`versionSuffix`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#propdbversionsuffix)
-  attributes to aid showing node-oracledb version and release status.
-
-- Added
-  [`connectionString`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#createpoolpoolattrsconnectstring)
-  as an alias for `connectString` in `oracledb.createPool()` and
-  `oracledb.getConnection()` (Sagie Gur-Ari).
-
-- Updated the ODPI-C layer:
-    - Eliminate DPI-1054 errors, allowing connections to be closed when ResultSets and Lobs are open.
-    - Avoid unnecessary roundtrips for rollbacks at connection close.
-
-- Replaced obsolete [NAN](https://github.com/nodejs/nan) API calls in
-  internal implementation and fixed other static analysis warnings.
-  This means node-oracledb 2.1 no longer builds with Node.js 0.10 or
-  Node.js 0.12.
-
-- Improved [`queryStream()`](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#querystream) streaming:
-
-    - Add support for the Stream `destroy()` method available with Node 8.
-
-    - Simplified the internal implementation by reusing `ResultSet.getRow()`.
-
-    - Fixed some timing and race issues.
-
-    - Made sure the 'close' event is emitted after the 'end' event.
-
-- Simplified query direct fetch implementation and improved
-  performance by reusing ResultSet code.
-
-- Exceptions are no longer raised when accessing attributes on closed
-  Connections, Pools, Lobs or ResultSets.
-
-- ResultSets are now closed on error to free resources earlier.
-
-- Improved NJS-010 message content by adding the position and invalid
-  data type number.
-
-- Fixed support for integers that are larger than Node.js's 32-bit
-  integer is capable of handling.
-
-- Updated [INSTALL](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/INSTALL.html)
-  to mention:
-    - The [yum.oracle.com](http://yum.oracle.com/oracle-linux-nodejs.html) Node.js RPM Packages for Oracle Linux
-    - The [Oracle mirror](oss.oracle.com/git/oracle) of [github.com/oracle](https://github.com/oracle).
-
-- Correct the error message text when attempting to set `oracledb.oracleClientVersion`.
-
-## node-oracledb v2.0.15 (15 Dec 2017) changes since node-oracledb version 1
-
-- Release testing is now done for Node.js 4, 6, 8 and 9.
-
-- Node-oracledb now uses the [ODPI-C](https://github.com/oracle/odpi)
-  database abstraction library.
-
-- Upgraded [NAN](https://github.com/nodejs/nan) build dependency to 2.8.
-
-- Installation has significantly improved.  Some pre-built binaries
-  are available for convenience, or the add-on can be continue to built
-  from source code.  Refer to
-  [INSTALL](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/INSTALL.html).
-
-    - Added utilities to /package for building binaries for
-      distribution, and for installing them.
-
-    - When building from source code:
-        - Oracle header files are no longer needed.
-        - The `OCI_LIB_DIR` and `OCI_INC_DIR` environment variables are not needed.
-
-    - A single node-oracledb binary now works with any of the Oracle
-      11.2, 12.1 or 12.2 clients.  This improves portability when the
-      node-oracledb add-on is copied between machines.  Applications
-      should be tested with their target environment to make sure
-      expected Oracle functionality is available.
-
-    - At run time, users of macOS must put the Oracle client libraries
-      in `~/lib` or `/usr/local/lib`.  Linux users of Instant Client
-      RPMs must always set `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` or use ldconfig - the
-      previous RPATH linking option is not available.  Other Linux users
-      should continue to use `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` or ldconfig.  Windows
-      users should continue to put Oracle client libraries in `PATH`.
-
-    - On non-Windows platforms, if Oracle client libraries are not
-      located in the system library search path
-      (e.g. `LD_LIBRARY_PATH`), then node-oracledb attempts to use
-      libraries in `$ORACLE_HOME/lib`.
-
-    - A new [Troubleshooting
-      section](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/INSTALL.html#troubleshooting)
-      was add to INSTALL.
-
-    - Improvements were made to `require('oracledb')` failure messages
-      to help users resolve problems.
-
-    - Changed the installation message prefix in binding.gyp from
-      'node-oracledb' to 'oracledb'.
-
-- Improved query handling:
-
-    - Enhanced direct fetches to allow an unlimited number of rows to be
-      fetched.  This occurs when `oracledb.maxRows = 0`
-
-    - Changed the default value of `oracledb.maxRows` to 0, meaning
-      unlimited.
-
-    - Replaced `prefetchRows` (used for internal fetch buffering and
-      tuning) with a new property `fetchArraySize`.  This affects direct
-      fetches, ResultSet `getRow()` and `queryStream()`.
-
-    - `getRows(numRows,...)` internal fetch buffering is now only tuned
-      by the `numRows` value.
-
-    - Implemented `getRow()` in JavaScript for better performance.
-
-- Tightened up checking on in-use ResultSets and Lobs to avoid leaks
-  and threading issues by making sure the application has closed them
-  before connections can be closed.  The error DPI-1054 may now be
-  seen if connections are attempted to be closed too early.
-
-- Added support for fetching columns types LONG (as String) and LONG
-  RAW (as Buffer).  There is no support for streaming these types, so
-  the value stored in the database may not be able to be completely
-  fetched if Node.js and V8 memory limits are reached.
-
-- Added support for TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE date type.  These are
-  mapped to a Date object in node-oracledb using LOCAL TIME ZONE.
-  The TIME ZONE component is not available in the Date object.
-
-- Added support for ROWID data type.  Data is fetched as a String.
-
-- Added support for UROWID data type. Data is fetched as a String.
-
-- Added query support for NCHAR and NVARCHAR2 columns.  Note binding
-  these types for DML may not insert data correctly, depending on the
-  database character set and the database national character set.
-
-- Added query support for NCLOB columns.  NCLOB data can be streamed
-  or fetched as String.  Note binding NCLOB for DML may not insert
-  data correctly, depending on the database character set and the
-  database national character set.
-
-- Removed node-oracledb size restrictions on LOB `fetchAsString` and
-  `fetchAsBuffer` queries, and also on LOB binds.  Node.js memory
-  restrictions will still prevent large LOBs being manipulated in
-  single chunks.
-
-- In LOB binds, the bind `val` can now be a String when `type` is
-  CLOB, and `val` can now be a Buffer when `type` is BLOB.
-
-- Improved validation for invalid attribute and parameter values.
-
-- The error parameter of function callbacks is now always null if no
-  error occurred.
-
-- Database error messages no longer have an extra newline.
-
-- Statements that generate errors are now dropped from the statement
-  cache.  Applications running while table definitions change will no
-  longer end up with unusable SQL statements due to stale cache
-  entries.  Note that Oracle best-practice is never to change table
-  definitions while applications are executing.
-
-- Prevent use of NaN with Oracle numbers to avoid data corruption.
-
-- For LOB streaming, make sure 'close' is the very last event, and
-  doesn't occur before an 'error' event.
-
-- Fix duplicate 'close' event for error conditions when streaming LOBs
-  in Node 8.
-
-- `connection.createLob()` now uses Oracle Call Interface's (OCI)
-  underlying 'cache' mode.
-
-- `Lob.close()` now marks LOBs invalid immediately rather than during
-  the asynchronous portion of the `close()` method, so that all other
-  attempts are no-ops.
-
-- Relaxed the restriction preventing `oracledb.connectionClass` being
-  used with dedicated connections; it previously gave ORA-56609.  Now
-  DRCP can now be used with dedicated connections but the
-  `CLIENT_DRIVER` value in `V$SESSION_CONNECT_INFO` will not be set in
-  this case.  The recommendation is still to use a session pool when
-  using DRCP.
-
-- Fixed a crash with LOB out binds in DML RETURNING statements when the
-  number of rows returned exceeds the number of rows originally
-  allocated internally.
-
-- Empty arrays can now be used in PL/SQL Collection Associative Array
-  (Index-by) binds.
-
-- Some NJS and DPI error messages and numbers have changed.  This is
-  particularly true of DPI errors due to the use of ODPI-C.
-
-- Many new tests have been created.
-
-- Updated examples for new functionality.
-
-- Documentation has been updated and improved.
-
-## node-oracledb v2.0.15 (15 Dec 2017)
-
-- The stated compatibility is now for Node.js 4, 6, 8 and 9.
-
-- Improved query handling:
-
-    - Enhanced direct fetches to allow an unlimited number of rows to be
-      fetched.  This occurs when `oracledb.maxRows = 0`
-
-    - Changed the default value of `oracledb.maxRows` to 0, meaning
-      unlimited.
-
-    - Replaced `prefetchRows` (used for internal fetch buffering and
-      tuning) with a new property `fetchArraySize`.  This affects direct
-      fetches, ResultSet `getRow()` and `queryStream()`.
-
-    - `getRows(numRows,...)` internal fetch buffering is now only tuned
-      by the `numRows` value.
-
-    - Implemented `getRow()` in JavaScript for better performance.
-
-    - Moved operations on REF CURSORS out of the main thread in order to
-      improve performance and memory usage.
-
-- Fixed proxy support in the binary installer.
-
-- Ensured the callback error parameter is null, not undefined, when no
-  error occurred.
-
-- Improvements were made to `require('oracledb')` failure messages to
-  help users resolve installation and usage problems.
-
-- Fixed compiler deprecation warnings regarding `Nan::ForceSet`.
-
-## node-oracledb v2.0.14 Development (20 Nov 2017)
-
-- Added infrastructure to /package for creating binary installs.
-  Updated INSTALL.md.
-
-- Improved validation for invalid attribute and parameter values.
-
-- In LOB binds, the bind "val" can now be a String when "type" is
-  CLOB, and "val" can now be a Buffer when "type" is BLOB.
-
-- Changed binding.gyp message prefix from 'node-oracledb' to 'oracledb'.
-
-- Fix compiler warning with va_start
-
-- Eliminate memory leak when processing result sets containing LOBs
-  that require more than one fetch operation (regression from v1).
-
-- Move fetch buffer allocation to reduce memory use for Result Sets
-  (regression from v1).
-
-- Upgraded NAN dependency from 2.5 to 2.8.
-
-- Updated ODPI-C submodule:
-    - Reinstate safe size limit for LOB bind to PL/SQL (node-oracledb regression from v1).
-    - Fix valgrind byte overrun when loading `libclntsh` from `$ORACLE_HOME`.
-    - Do not prevent connections from being explicitly closed when a fatal error has taken place.
-    - Eliminate race condition on initialization.  Add finalization code.
-    - Eliminate use of OCI wrappers for use of mutexes, which improves performance (now uses native threading, e.g. pthreads).
-    - Prevent use of NaN with Oracle numbers to avoid data corruption.
-    - Prevent ORA-1010 during connection ping to pre 10g Oracle Database.
-    - Improve debug trace output format.
-    - Prevent crash for DML RETURNING of variables that require dynamic binding.
-
-- Updated examples to avoid "DPI-1054: connection cannot be closed
-  when open statements or LOBs exist" and to avoid duplicate callbacks
-  on stream errors.
-
-- Check for JavaScript exceptions and if one is found, ensure that the
-  error is passed correctly to the callback and is not raised when the
-  C++ method has finished.
-
-- Added code to handle invalid object properties.
-
-- Make sure 'close' is the very last event, and doesn't occur before
-  an 'error' event.  Also emit 'close' after 'error' event for
-  `queryStream()`
-
-- Changed default sample connect string to `"localhost/orclpdb"` which
-  is the Oracle Database 12.2 default for pluggable databases.
-
-- Moved NJS code from `/src/njs/src` to `/src` to remove obsolete
-  directory nesting.
-
-- Perform error cleanup as soon as possible in order to avoid possible
-  race conditions when errors take place.
-
-- Move operations on REF CURSORS out of the main thread in order to
-  improve performance and memory usage.
-
-- Relaxed the restriction preventing `oracledb.connectionClass` being
-  used with dedicated connections; it previously gave ORA-56609.  Now
-  DRCP can now be used with dedicated connections but the
-  `CLIENT_DRIVER` value in `V$SESSION_CONNECT_INFO` will not be set in
-  this case.  The recommendation is still to use a session pool when
-  using DRCP.
-
-- Tighten up checking on in-use ResultSets and Lobs to avoid leaks and
-  threading issues by making sure the application has closed them
-  before connections can be closed.  The error DPI-1054 may now be
-  seen if connections are attempted to be closed too early.
-
-- On Windows, disable ODPI-C thread cleanup to resolve a thread timing
-  issue, since Node.js creates all threads at startup and never
-  terminates them.
-
-- Added extra message text to NJS-045 to give potential causes for
-  `require('oracledb')` failures when the ODPI-C layer can't detect
-  the issue.
-
-- Updated ODPI-C submodule: various changes including improved
-  initialization error messages, and runtime-enabled debug tracing.
-
-- Fix duplicate 'close' event for error conditions when streaming Lobs
-  in Node 8.
-
-- Fix LOB streaming 'close' and 'end' event order (regression from v1).
-
-- Fixed crash with LOB out binds in DML RETURNING statements when the
-  number of rows returned exceeds the number of rows originally
-  allocated internally.
-
-- Improve handling of invalid `externalAuth`, `fetchAsString`, and
-  `fetchAsBuffer` attribute values.
-
-- Fix support for `connectionClass` (regression from v1).
-
-## node-oracledb v2.0.13 Development (19 Jun 2017)
-
-- Node-oracledb now uses the [ODPI-C](https://github.com/oracle/odpi)
-  database abstraction library.
-
-- Installation instructions have changed.  Refer to
-  [INSTALL](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/INSTALL.html).
-  Distribution is still via source code.
-
-  Oracle header files are no longer needed.  The `OCI_LIB_DIR` and
-  `OCI_INC_DIR` environment variables are not needed.
-
-  At run time, Oracle 11.2, 12.1 or 12.2 client libraries should still
-  be in `PATH` (for Windows) or `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` (for Linux) or
-  similar platform library loading path.  Users of macOS must put the
-  Oracle client libraries in `~/lib` or `/usr/local/lib`.  Linux users
-  of Instant Client RPMs must always set `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` or use
-  ldconfig - the previous RPATH linking option is not available.
-
-  On non-Windows platforms, if Oracle client libraries are not located
-  in the system library search path (e.g. `LD_LIBRARY_PATH`), then
-  node-oracledb attempts to use libraries in `$ORACLE_HOME/lib`.
-
-  A single node-oracledb binary now works with any of the Oracle
-  client 11.2, 12.1 or 12.2 libraries.  This improves portability when
-  node-oracledb builds are copied between machines.
-
-- `Lob.close()` now marks LOBs invalid immediately rather than during
-  the asynchronous portion of the `close()` method, so that all other
-  attempts are no-ops.
-
-- Incorrect application logic in version 1 that attempted to close a
-  connection while certain LOB, ResultSet or other database operations
-  were still occurring gave an NJS-030, NJS-031 or NJS-032 "connection
-  cannot be released" error.  Now in version 2 the connection will be
-  closed but any operation that relied on the connection being open
-  will fail.
-
-- Some NJS and DPI error messages and numbers have changed.  This is
-  particularly true of DPI errors due to the use of ODPI-C.
-
-- Stated compatibility is now for Node.js 4, 6 and 8.
-
-- Added support for fetching columns types LONG (as String) and LONG
-  RAW (as Buffer).  There is no support for streaming these types, so
-  the value stored in the DB may not be able to be completely fetched
-  if Node.js and V8 memory limits are reached.
-
-- Added support for TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE date type.  These are
-  mapped to a Date object in node-oracledb using LOCAL TIME ZONE.
-  The TIME ZONE component is not available in the Date object.
-
-- Added support for ROWID data type.  Data is fetched as a String.
-
-- Added support for UROWID data type. Data is fetched as a String.
-
-- Added query support for NCHAR and NVARCHAR2 columns.  Binding for
-  DML may not insert data correctly, depending on the database
-  character set and the database national character set.
-
-- Added query support for NCLOB columns.  NCLOB data can be streamed
-  or fetched as String.  Binding for DML may not insert data
-  correctly, depending on the database character set and the database
-  national character set.
-
-- Removed node-oracledb size restrictions on LOB `fetchAsString` and
-  `fetchAsBuffer` queries, and also on LOB binds.  Node.js and V8
-  memory restrictions will still prevent large LOBs being manipulated
-  in single chunks.
-
-- Statements that generate errors are now dropped from the statement
-  cache.  Applications running while table definitions change will no
-  longer end up with unusable SQL statements due to stale cache
-  entries.  Note that Oracle best-practice is never to change table
-  definitions while applications are executing.
-
-- Empty arrays can now be used in PL/SQL Collection Associative Array
-  (Index-by) binds.
-
-- `connection.createLob()` now uses OCI's underlying 'cache' mode.
-
-- Database errors no longer have an extra newline.
-
-- Upgraded NAN dependency from 2.5 to 2.6.
-
-## node-oracledb v1.13.1 (12 Apr 2017)
-
-- Fix regression with NULL values to PL/SQL procedures with multiple parameters.
-
-## node-oracledb v1.13.0 (15 Mar 2017)
-
-- Added support for fetching BLOBs as Buffers, using `fetchAsBuffer` and `fetchInfo`.
-
-- Improved PL/SQL Index-by array binding error messages based on PR #470 (Hariprasad Kulkarni).
-
-- Fixed several crashes and a memory leak using CLOBs with `fetchAsString`.
-
-- Fixed several issues including a crash using NULLs and empty strings for LOB `BIND_INOUT` binds.
-
-- Automatically clean up sessions in the connection pool when they become unusable after an ORA-56600 occurs.
-
-- Updated NAN dependency from 2.4 to 2.5.
-
-## node-oracledb v1.12.2 (21 Dec 2016)
-
-- Fix memory allocation with Oracle 11g client libraries when querying CLOBs using `fetchAsString` and `fetchInfo`.
-
-## node-oracledb v1.12.1 Development (16 Dec 2016)
-
-- Added support for fetching CLOBs as Strings, using `fetchAsString` and `fetchInfo`.
-
-- Added `BIND_INOUT` support for temporary LOBs.
-
-## node-oracledb v1.12.0 Development (3 Dec 2016)
-
-- Significantly enhanced LOB support:
-    - Added `BIND_IN` support for DML
-    - Added `BIND_IN`, `BIND_OUT`, `BIND_INOUT` support for PL/SQL
-    - Added a `connection.createLob()` method to create temporary LOBs
-    - Added a `lob.close()` method
-    - Made enhancements to allow binding String or Buffer data as `STRING` or `BUFFER` to LOB database types
-    - Writeable LOB Streams now conclude with a 'close' event
-
-- Added a connection pool 'ping' feature controlled with
-  `oracledb.poolPingInterval` and a corresponding `createPool()`
-  option. This validates pooled connections when they are returned
-  from a `getConnection()` call.  Values are:
-    - zero: always ping for every pooled `getConnection()`
-    - negative: never ping
-    - positive: time in seconds the connection must be idle in the pool before `getConnection()` does a ping.  Default is 60 seconds
-
-  The setting is a no-op when node-oracledb is built with Oracle
-  Database 12.2 client libraries, where a new, lower-level OCI feature
-  provides an always-on, lightweight connection check.
-
-- Upgraded NAN dependency from 2.3 to 2.4.
-
-- Stated compatibility is now for Node.js 0.12, 4, 6 and 7.
-
-- Fixed return value of the DATE type bound as `BIND_INOUT`.
-
-- Fixed passing NULL values bound as `BIND_INOUT` for several data types.
-
-- Fixed compilation warnings with newer Node.js versions due to V8 deprecations.
-
-- Fixed some Windows and OS X compilation warnings.
-
-- Linted JavaScript files, standardizing code, example and test files.
-
-- Updated various examples and created new ones.
-
-- Updated README.md and api.md introductory examples, based on a patch proposed by [Leigh Schrandt](https://github.com/stealthybox).
-
-- Updated README.md thanks to [Nick Heiner](https://github.com/NickHeiner).
-
-- Updated documentation links to point to the Oracle Database 12.2 documentation.
-
-- Made some internal changes to the DPI layer to avoid name space collisions
-  and fix session tagging.  These are not visible / exposed through
-  node-oracledb.
-
-## node-oracledb v1.11.0 (19 Aug 2016)
-
-- Added a connection pool cache feature allowing pools to have aliases and be more easily used.
-
-- Improved the bootstrap error message when the node-oracledb binary cannot be loaded.
-
-- Fixed memory leaks with `DATE` and `TIMESTAMP` bind values.
-
-- Fixed external authentication which broke in 1.10.
-
-- Fixed metadata `scale` and `precision` values on AIX.
-
-- Made an internal change to replace `std::string.data()` with `std::string.c_str()`.
-
-- Made an internal change to remove an unused parameter from the `NJS_SET_EXCEPTION` macro.
-
-## node-oracledb v1.10.1 (21 Jul 2016)
-
-- Fixed a bug that prevented a null value being passed from JavaScript into an IN OUT bind.
-
-- Fixed a memory leak introduced in 1.10 with REF CURSORs.
-
-- Fixed a memory leak in error handling paths when using REF CURSORs.
-
-- Made an internal change for queries selecting unsupported column types allowing them to report an error earlier.
-
-- Made an internal change to use `std::string&` for string lengths.
-
-- Fixed a compilation warning on Windows.
-
-- Added a mocha configuration file for the test suite.
-
-## node-oracledb v1.10.0 (8 Jul 2016)
-
-- Enhanced query and REF CURSOR metadata is available when a new
-  `oracledb.extendedMetaData` or `execute()` option `extendedMetaData`
-  property is `true`. (Leonardo Olmi).
-
-- Fixed an issue preventing the garbage collector cleaning up when a
-  query with LOBs is executed but LOB data isn't actually streamed.
-
-- Fixed a bug where an error event could have been emitted on a
-  QueryStream instance prior to the underlying ResultSet having been
-  closed.  This would cause problems if the user tried to close the
-  connection in the error event handler as the ResultSet could have
-  prevented it.
-
-- Fixed a bug where the public `close()` method was invoked on the
-  ResultSet instance that underlies the QueryStream instance if an
-  error occurred during a call to `getRows()`. The public method would
-  have thrown an error had the QueryStream instance been created from
-  a ResultSet instance via the `toQueryStream()` method. Now the
-  underlying C++ layer's `close()` method is invoked directly.
-
-- Updated `Pool._logStats()` to throw an error instead of printing to
-  the console if the pool is not valid.
-
-- Report an error earlier when a named bind object is used in a
-  bind-by-position context.  A new error NJS-044 is returned.
-  Previously errors like ORA-06502 were given.
-
-- Added GitHub Issue and Pull Request templates.
-
-- Some enhancements were made to the underlying DPI data access layer.
-  **These are not exposed to node-oracledb users.**
-
-    - Allow SYSDBA connections
-    - Allow session tagging
-    - Allow the character set and national character set to be specified via parameters to the DPI layer.
-    - Support heterogeneous pools (in addition to existing homogeneous pools)
-
-## node-oracledb v1.9.3 (24 May 2016)
-
-- Fix error with `OCI_ERROR_MAXMSG_SIZE2` when building with Oracle client 11.2.0.1 and 11.2.0.2.
-
-## node-oracledb v1.9.2 (23 May 2016)
-
-- Fix `results.metaData` for queries with `{resultSet: true}`.
-
-## node-oracledb v1.9.1 (18 May 2016)
-
-- Upgraded to NAN 2.3 for Node 6 support.
-
-- Added a persistent reference to JavaScript objects during Async
-  operations to prevent crashes due to premature garbage collection.
-
-- Added a persistent reference to the internal Lob buffer to prevent
-  premature garbage collection.
-
-- Fixed memory leaks when using ResultSets.
-
-- Fixed memory leak with the Pool queue timer map.
-
-- Fixed memory release logic when querying LOBs and an error occurs.
-
-- Improved some null pointer checking.
-
-- Altered some node-oracledb NJS-xyz error message text for consistency.
-
-- Improved validation for `fetchInfo` usage.
-
-- Increased the internal buffer size for Oracle Database error messages.
-
-- Call `pause()` internally when closing a query Stream with `_close()`.
-
-- Fixed a symbol redefinition warning for `DATA_BLOB` when compiling on Windows.
-
-- The test suite is no longer installed with `npm install oracledb`.
-  The tests remain available in GitHub.
-
-## node-oracledb v1.9.0 Development (19 Apr 2016)
-
-- Added Promise support. All asynchronous functions can now return
-  promises. By default the standard Promise library is used for Node
-  0.12, 4 and 5.  This can be overridden.
-
-- Added a `toQueryStream()` method for ResultSets, letting REF CURSORS
-  be transformed into Readable Streams.
-
-- Added an experimental query Stream `_close()` method.  It allows query
-  streams to be closed without needing to fetch all the data.  It is
-  not for production use.
-
-- Added aliases `pool.close()` and `connection.close()` for
-  `pool.terminate()` and `connection.release()` respectively.
-
-- Some method parameter validation checks, such as the number or types
-  of parameters, will now throw errors synchronously instead of
-  returning errors via the callback.
-
-- Removed an extra call to `getRows()` made by `queryStream()` at
-  end-of-fetch.
-
-- Some random crashes caused by connections being garbage collected
-  while still in use should no longer occur.
-
-- Regularized NJS error message capitalization.
-
-## node-oracledb v1.8.0 (24 Mar 2016)
-
-- Added `connection.queryStream()` for returning query results using a
-  Node Readable Stream (Sagie Gur-Ari).
-
-- Connection strings requesting DRCP server can now only be used with
-  a node-oracledb connection pool.  They will give *ORA-56609* when
-  used with `oracledb.getConnection()`.
-
-- Set the internal driver name to `node-oracledb : 1.8.0`.  This is
-  visible to DBAs, for example in `V$SESSION_CONNECT_INFO`.
-
-- Added up-time to pool queue statistics.
-
-- Fixed creation of Windows debug builds.
-
-- Bumped NAN dependency to NAN 2.2.
-
-- Added .editorconfig file (Sagie Gur-Ari).
-
-- Improved test date and time checks (Antonio Bustos).
-
-- Improved some parameter checks for `maxArraySize` and `maxSize`.
-
-## node-oracledb v1.7.1 (1 Mar 2016)
-
-- Made public methods over-writable in the new JavaScript layer
-
-## node-oracledb v1.7.0 (29 Feb 2016)
-
-- Added a JavaScript wrapper around the C++ API to allow for easier
-  extension.
-
-- Added a connection pool queue configured with `queueRequests` and
-  `queueTimeout` attributes.  The queue is enabled by default.
-
-- Added connection pool option attribute `_enableStats` and method
-  `pool._logStats()` to display pool and queue statistics.  Note: these may
-  change in future.
-
-- Added "bind by position" syntax for PL/SQL Index-by array binds (Dieter Oberkofler).
-
-- Allowed node-oracledb class instances to be tested with 'instanceof'.
-
-- Fixed some bind issues when bind values are not set by the database.
-
-- Replaced internal usage of `info.This()` with `info.Holder()` for Node.js 0.10.
-
-- Fixed some compilation warnings with some Windows compilers.
-
-## node-oracledb v1.6.0 (30 Jan 2016)
-
-- Added support for binding PL/SQL Collection Associative Array
-  (Index-by) types containing numbers and strings (Dieter Oberkofler).
-
-- Fixed a LOB problem causing an uncaught error to be generated.
-
-- Removed the 'close' event that was incorrectly emitted for LOB Writable
-  Streams.  The Node.js Streams documentation specifies it only for
-  Readable Streams.
-
-- Updated the LOB examples to show connection release.
-
-- Updated README so first-time users see pre-requisites earlier.
-
-- Extended the OS X install instructions with a way to install that doesn't
-  need root access for Instant Client 11.2 on El Capitan.
-
-- Added RPATH link option when building on OS X in preparation for future client.
-
-- README updates (Kevin Sheedy)
-
-## node-oracledb v1.5.0 (21 Dec 2015)
-
-- Treat Oracle Database 'Success With Info' warnings as success (Francisco Trevino).
-
-- Extend rollback-on-connection-release with 11g Oracle Clients to occur for all non-query executions. (Not needed with 12c clients).
-
-- Updated OS X install instructions to work on El Capitan.
-
-- Display an error and prevent connection release while database calls are in progress.
-
-- Fixed intermittent crash while selecting data from CLOB column.
-
-- Fixed crash when trying to set invalid values for connection properties.
-
-## node-oracledb v1.4.0 (17 Nov 2015)
-
-- Upgraded NAN dependency to version 2 allowing node-oracledb to build
-  with Node 0.10, 0.12, 4 and 5 (Richard Natal).  Note: a compiler supporting C++11 is required to build with Node 4 and 5.
-
-- Fixed a cursor leak when statement execution fails.
-
-- Fixed a crash when accessing Pool properties on Windows.
-
-- Added a run-script 'testWindows' target for Windows testing. See [test/README.md](test/README.md)
-
-- Fixed compilation warnings with recent compilers.
-
-## node-oracledb v1.3.0 (15 Oct 2015)
-
-- Added a `oracledb.oracleClientVersion` property giving the version of the Oracle
-  client library, and a `connection.oracleServerVersion` property giving the Oracle
-  Database version.
-
-- Fixed `result.outBinds` corruption after PL/SQL execution.
-
-- Fixed null output from DML RETURNING with Oracle Database 11.2 when the string is of size 4000.
-
-- Fixed default bind direction to be `BIND_IN`.
-
-## node-oracledb v1.2.0 (25 Sep 2015)
-
-- Added support for RAW data type (Bruno Jouhier).
-
-- Added a `type` property to the Lob class to distinguish CLOB and BLOB types.
-
-- Changed write-only attributes of Connection objects to work with `console.log()`. Note the attribute values will show as `null`.  Refer to the documentation.
-
-- Added a check to make sure `maxRows` is greater than zero for non-ResultSet queries.
-
-- Improved installer messages for Oracle client header and library detection on Linux, OS X and Solaris.
-
-- Optimized CLOB memory allocation to account for different database-to-client character set expansions.
-
-- Fixed a crash while reading a LOB from a closed connection.
-
-- Fixed a crash when selecting multiple rows with LOB values (Bruno Jouhier).
-
-- Corrected the order of Stream 'end' and 'close' events when reading a LOB (Bruno Jouhier).
-
-- Fixed AIX-specific REF CURSOR related failures.
-
-- Fixed intermittent crash while setting `fetchAsString`, and incorrect output while reading the value.
-
-- Added a check to return an NJS error when an invalid DML RETURN statement does not give an ORA error.
-
-- Removed non-portable memory allocation for queries that return NULL.
-
-- Fixed encoding issues with several files that caused compilation warnings in some Windows environments.
-
-- Made installation halt sooner for Node.js versions currently known to be unusable.
-
-- Fixed a typo in `examples/dbmsoutputgetline.js`
-
-- Windows install instruction updates (Bill Christo)
-
-## node-oracledb v1.1.0 (3 Sep 2015)
-
-- Enhanced pool.release() to drop the session if it is known to be unusable, allowing a new session to be created.
-
-- Optimized query memory allocation to account for different database-to-client character set expansions.
-
-- Fixed build warnings on Windows with VS 2015.
-
-- Fixed truncation issue while fetching numbers as strings.
-
-- Fixed AIX-specific failures with queries and RETURNING INTO clauses.
-
-- Fixed a crash with NULL or uninitialized REF CURSOR OUT bind variables.
-
-- Fixed potential memory leak when connecting throws an error.
-
-- Added a check to throw an error sooner when a CURSOR type is used for IN or IN OUT binds. (Support is pending).
-
-- Temporarily disabling setting lobPrefetchSize
-
-## node-oracledb v1.0.0 (17 Aug 2015)
-
-- Implemented Stream interface for CLOB and BLOB types, adding support for
-  LOB queries, inserts, and PL/SQL LOB bind variables
-
-- Added `fetchAsString` and `execute()` option `fetchInfo` properties to allow numbers, dates and ROWIDs to be fetched as strings.
-
-- Added support for binding DATE, TIMESTAMP and TIMESTAMP WITH LOCAL TIME ZONE as `DATE` to DML RETURNING (aka RETURNING INTO) `type`.
-
-- The internal Oracle client character set is now always set to AL32UTF8.
-
-- The test suite and example scripts database credentials can now be set via environment variables.
-
-- Fixed issues with database-to-client character set conversion by allocating extra memory to allow for character expansion.
-
-- Fixed a crash with `ResultSet` and unsupported column data types.
-
-- Fixed a crash allocating memory for large `maxRows` values.
-
-- Fixed a bug preventing closing of a `ResultSet` when `getRow()` or `getRows()` returned an error.
-
-- Fixed date precision issues affecting insert and query.
-
-- Fixed `BIND_OUT` bind `type` not defaulting to `STRING`.
-
-- Fixed INSERT of a date when the SQL has a RETURNING INTO clause and the bind style is array format.
-
-- Improved RETURNING INTO handling of unsupported types and sizes.
-
-- Correctly throw an error when array and named bind syntaxes are mixed together.
-
-## node-oracledb v0.7.0 (20 Jul 2015)
-
-- Added result set support for fetching large data sets.
-
-- Added REF CURSOR support for returning query results from PL/SQL.
-
-- Added row prefetching support.
-
-- Added a test suite.
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-- Fixed error handling for SQL statements using RETURNING INTO.
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-- Fixed INSERT of a date when the SQL has a RETURNING INTO clause.
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-- Renumbered the values used by the Oracledb Constants.
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-## node-oracledb v0.6.0 (26 May 2015)
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-- Node-oracledb now builds with Node.js 0.10, Node.js 0.12 and io.js (Richard Natal).
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-- Fixed naming of `autoCommit` in examples.
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-## node-oracledb v0.5.0 (5 May 2015)
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-- Changed the `isAutoCommit` attribute name to `autoCommit`.
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-- Changed the `isExternalAuth` attribute name to `externalAuth`.
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-- Fixed `outBinds` array counting to not give empty array entries for IN binds.
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-- Added support for DML RETURNING bind variables.
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-- Rectified the error message for invalid type properties.
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-## node-oracledb v0.4.2 (28 Mar 2015)
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-- node-oracledb is now officially installable from https://www.npmjs.com/package/oracledb (Tim Branyen)
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-- Added metadata support. Query column names are now provided in the `execute()` callback result object.
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-- Require a more recent version of Node.js 0.10.
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-- Changed the default Instant Client directory on AIX from /opt/oracle/instantclient_12_1 to /opt/oracle/instantclient.
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-## node-oracledb v0.4.1 (13 Mar 2015)
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-- Added support for External Authentication.
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-- The `isAutoCommit` flags now works with query execution. This is useful in cases where multiple DML statements are executed followed by a SELECT statement. This can be used to avoid a round trip to the database that an explicit call to `commit()` would add.
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-- Added AIX build support to package.json (Hannes Prirschl).
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-- Improved errors messages when setting out of range property values.
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-- Fixed a bug: When `terminate()` of a connection pool fails because connections have not yet been closed, subsequent use of `release()` to close those connections no longer gives an error "ORA-24550: Signal Received".
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-- Some code refactoring (Krishna Narasimhan).
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-## node-oracledb v0.3.1 (16 Feb 2015)
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-- Added Windows build configuration (Rinie Kervel).
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-- Added Database Resident Connection Pooling (DRCP) support.
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-- Made an explicit connection `release()` do a rollback, to be consistent with the implicit release behavior.
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-- Made install on Linux look for Oracle libraries in a search order.
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-- Added RPATH support on Linux.
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-- Changed default Oracle Instant client paths to /opt/oracle/instantclient and C:\oracle\instantclient
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-- Added a compile error message "Oracle 11.2 or later client libraries are required for building" if attempting to build with older Oracle client libraries.
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-- Fixed setting the `isAutoCommit` property.
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-- Fixed a crash using pooled connections on Windows.
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-- Fixed a crash querying object types.
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-- Fixed a crash doing a release after a failed terminate. (The Pool is still unusable - this will be fixed later)
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-## node-oracledb v0.2.4 (20 Jan 2015 - initial release)
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-**Initial Features include**:
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-- SQL and PL/SQL Execution
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-- Binding using JavaScript objects or arrays
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-- Query results as JavaScript objects or array
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-- Conversion between JavaScript and Oracle types
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-- Transaction Management
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-- Connection Pooling
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-- Statement Caching
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-- Client Result Caching
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-- End-to-end tracing
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-- High Availability Features
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-    - Fast Application Notification (FAN)
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-    - Runtime Load Balancing (RLB)
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-    - Transparent Application Failover (TAF)
+The node-oracledb change log has moved to [https://node-oracledb.readthedocs.io/en/latest/release_notes.html](https://node-oracledb.readthedocs.io/en/latest/release_notes.html).