Release 324 (1 Nov 2019)

General

• Fix query failure when CASE operands have different types. ({issue}1825)
• Add support for ESCAPE clause in SHOW CATALOGS LIKE .... ({issue}1691)
• Add {func}line_interpolate_point and {func}line_interpolate_points. ({issue}1888)
• Allow references to tables in the enclosing query when using .*. ({issue}1867)
• Configuration properties for optimizer and spill support no longer have experimental. prefix. ({issue}1875)
• Configuration property experimental.reserved-pool-enabled was renamed to experimental.reserved-pool-disabled (with meaning reversed). ({issue}1916)

Security

• Perform access control checks when displaying table or view definitions with SHOW CREATE. ({issue}1517)

Hive

• Allow using SHOW GRANTS on a Hive view when using the sql-standard security mode. ({issue}1842)
• Improve performance when filtering dictionary-encoded Parquet columns. ({issue}1846)

PostgreSQL

• Add support for inserting MAP(VARCHAR, VARCHAR) values into columns of hstore type. ({issue}1894)

Elasticsearch

• Fix failure when reading datetime columns in Elasticsearch 5.x. ({issue}1844)
• Add support for mixed-case field names. ({issue}1914)

SPI

• Introduce a builder for ColumnMetadata. The various overloaded constructors are now deprecated. ({issue}1891)