Breaking Changes

0.56.0

If the distinct parameter of groupConcat() is set to true, when using Oracle or SQL Server, this will now fail early with an UnsupportedByDialectException. Previously, the setting would be ignored and SQL function generation would not include a DISTINCT clause.
In Oracle and H2 Oracle, the ubyte() column now maps to data type NUMBER(3) instead of NUMBER(4).
In Oracle and H2 Oracle, the ushort() column now maps to data type NUMBER(5) instead of NUMBER(6).
In Oracle and H2 Oracle, the uinteger() column now maps to data type NUMBER(10) instead of NUMBER(13).
In Oracle and H2 Oracle, the integer() column now maps to data type NUMBER(10) and INTEGER respectively, instead of NUMBER(12). In Oracle and SQLite, using the integer column in a table now also creates a CHECK constraint to ensure that no out-of-range values are inserted.
ArrayColumnType now supports multidimensional arrays and includes an additional generic parameter. If it was previously used for one-dimensional arrays with the parameter T like ArrayColumnType<T>, it should now be defined as ArrayColumnType<T, List<T>>. For instance, ArrayColumnType<Int> should now be ArrayColumnType<Int, List<Int>>.
EntityID and CompositeID no longer implement Comparable themselves, to allow their wrapped identity values to be of a type that is not necessarily Comparable, like kotlin.uuid.Uuid.
Any use of an entity's id with Kotlin comparison operators or compareTo() will now require that the wrapped value be used directly: entity1.id < entity2.id will need to become entity1.id.value < entity2.id.value. Any use of an entity's id with an Exposed function that is also type restricted to Comparable (for example, avg()) will also require defining a new function. In this event, please also leave a comment on YouTrack with a use case so the original function signature can be potentially reassessed.

0.55.0

The DeleteStatement property table is now deprecated in favor of targetsSet, which holds a ColumnSet that may be a Table or Join. This enables the use of the new Join.delete() function, which performs a delete operation on a specific table from the join relation. The original statement class constructor has also been deprecated in favor of the constructor that accepts targetsSet, as well as another additional parameter targetTables (for specifying which table from the join relation, if applicable, to delete from).
The DeleteStatement property offset was not being used and is now deprecated, as are the extension functions that have an offset parameter. deleteWhere() and deleteIgnoreWhere(), as well as the original statement class constructor, no longer accept an argument for offset.
SizedIterable.limit(n, offset) is now deprecated in favor of 2 independent methods, limit() and offset(). In supporting databases, this allows the generation of an OFFSET clause in the SELECT statement without any LIMIT clause. Any custom implementations of the SizedIterable interface with a limit() override will now show a warning that the declaration overrides a deprecated member. This override should be split into an implementation of the 2 new members instead.
The original FunctionProvider.queryLimit() is also being deprecated in favor of queryLimitAndOffset(), which takes a nullable size parameter to allow exclusion of the LIMIT clause. This latter deprecation only affects extensions of the FunctionProvider class when creating a custom VendorDialect class.
In Oracle, the short column now maps to data type NUMBER(5) instead of SMALLINT because SMALLINT is stored as NUMBER(38) in the database and takes up unnecessary storage. In Oracle and SQLite, using the short column in a table now also creates a check constraint to ensure that no out-of-range values are inserted.
In Oracle, the byte column now maps to data type NUMBER(3) instead of SMALLINT because SMALLINT is stored as NUMBER(38) in the database and takes up unnecessary storage. In SQL Server, the byte column now maps to data type SMALLINT instead of TINYINT because TINYINT allows values from 0 to 255. In SQL Server, SQLite, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and H2 PostgreSQL, using the byte column in a table now also creates a check constraint to ensure that no out-of-range values are inserted.
The transformation of a nullable column (Column<Unwrapped?>.transform()) requires handling null values. This enables conversions from null to a non-nullable value, and vice versa.
In H2 the definition of json column with default value changed from myColumn JSON DEFAULT '{"key": "value"}' to myColumn JSON DEFAULT JSON '{"key": "value"}'

0.54.0

All objects that are part of the sealed class ForUpdateOption are now converted to data object.
The onUpdate parameter in upsert(), upsertReturning(), and batchUpsert() will no longer accept a list of column-value pairs as an argument. The parameter now takes a lambda block with an UpdateStatement as its argument, so that column-value assignments for the UPDATE clause can be set in a similar way to update(). This enables the use of insertValue(column) in expressions to specify that the same value to be inserted into a column should be used when updating.

// before
TestTable.upsert(
    onUpdate = listOf(Words.count to Words.count.plus(1))
) {
    it[word] = "Kotlin"
    it[count] = 3
}

// after
TestTable.upsert(
    onUpdate = {
        it[Words.count] = Words.count + 1
    }
) {
    it[word] = "Kotlin"
    it[count] = 3
}

// after - with new value from insert used in update expression
TestTable.upsert(
    onUpdate = {
        it[Words.count] = Words.count + insertValue(Words.count)
    }
) {
    it[word] = "Kotlin"
    it[count] = 3
}

The function statementsRequiredForDatabaseMigration has been moved from SchemaUtils to MigrationUtils in the exposed-migration module.
A nested transaction (with useNestedTransactions = true) that throws any exception will now rollback any commits since the last savepoint. This ensures that the nested transaction is properly configured to act in the exact same way as a top-level transaction or inTopLevelTransaction().
An inner transaction (with useNestedTransactions = false) that throws any exception will also rollback any commits since the last savepoint. This ensures that any exception propagated from the inner transaction to the outer transaction will not be swallowed if caught by some exception handler wrapping the inner transaction, and any inner commits will not be saved. In version 0.55.0, this change will be reduced so that only inner transactions that throw an SQLException from the database will trigger such a rollback.

0.53.0

DAO Entity Transformation Changes
- Parameter Renaming: transform() and memoizedTransform() now use wrap and unwrap instead of toColumn and toReal.
  // Old: var name by EmployeeTable.name.transform(toColumn = { it.uppercase() }, toReal = { it.lowercase() }) // New: var name by EmployeeTable.name.transform(wrap = { it.uppercase() }, unwrap = { it.lowercase() })
- Class Renaming: ColumnWithTransform is now EntityFieldWithTransform, consolidating properties into a single transformer.
  EntityFieldWithTransform(column, object : ColumnTransformer<String, Int> { override fun unwrap(value: Int): String = value.toString() override fun wrap(value: String): Int = value.toInt() })
- Entity transformation via DAO is deprecated and should be replaced with DSL transformation.
  val tester = object : Table() { val value = integer("value") .transform(wrap = { ... }, unwrap = { ... }) }

0.51.0

The exposed-spring-boot-starter module no longer provides the entire spring-boot-starter-data-jdbc module. It now provides just the spring-boot-starter-jdbc. If there was a reliance on this transitive dependency, please directly include a dependency on Spring Data JDBC in your build files.
ulong column type is now NUMERIC(20) instead of BIGINT for H2 (excluding H2_PSQL), SQLite, and SQL Server to allow storing the full range of ULong, including ULong.MAX_VALUE.

0.50.0

The Transaction class property repetitionAttempts is being deprecated in favor of maxAttempts. Additionally, the property minRepetitionDelay should be replaced with minRetryDelay, and maxRepetitionDelay with maxRetryDelay. These changes also affect the default variants of these properties in DatabaseConfig.
The property maxAttempts represents the maximum amount of attempts to perform a transaction block. Setting it, or the now deprecated repetitionAttempts, to a value less than 1 now throws an IllegalArgumentException.
IColumnType and ColumnType now expect a type argument. IColumnType.valueFromDB() also no longer has a default implementation, so an override for this method must be provided in any custom column type implementation. Check this pull request for details regarding this change.

0.49.0

For SQLite database, Exposed now requires bumping the SQLite JDBC driver version to a minimum of 3.45.0.0.

0.48.0

In nonNullValueToString for KotlinInstantColumnType and JavaDateColumnType, the formatted String for MySQL did not match the format received from the metadata when isFractionDateTimeSupported is true, so a new formatter specific to that is now used.
In nonNullValueToString for KotlinLocalDateTimeColumnType, the formatted String for MySQL did not match the format received from the metadata when isFractionDateTimeSupported is true, so a new formatter specific to MySQL is now used.
In nonNullValueToString for DateColumnType, JavaLocalDateTimeColumnType, JavaLocalTimeColumnType, JavaInstantColumnType, KotlinLocalDateTimeColumnType, KotlinLocalTimeColumnType, and KotlinInstantColumnType, the correct formatter for MySQL is used when the version (below 5.6) does not support fractional seconds.
In nonNullValueToString for DateColumnType and DateTimeWithTimeZoneColumnType, the formatters used are changed to reflect the fact that Joda-Time stores date/time values only down to the millisecond (up to SSS and not SSSSSS).
Functions anyFrom(array) and allFrom(array) now use ArrayColumnType to process the provided array argument when query building. ArrayColumnType requires a base column type to process contents correctly, and Exposed attempts to resolve the best match internally based on the array content type. A specific column type argument should be provided to the function parameter delegateType if the content requires either an unsupported or custom column type, or a column type not defined in the exposed-core module.
exposed-crypt module now uses Spring Security Crypto 6.+, which requires Java 17 as a minimum version.

0.47.0

The function SchemaUtils.checkExcessiveIndices is used to check both excessive indices and excessive foreign key constraints. It now has a different behavior and deals with excessive indices only. Also, its return type is now List<Index> instead of Unit. A new function, SchemaUtils.checkExcessiveForeignKeyConstraints, deals with excessive foreign key constraints and has a return type List<ForeignKeyConstraint>.

0.46.0

When an Exposed table object is created with a keyword identifier (a table or column name) it now retains the exact case used before being automatically quoted in generated SQL. This primarily affects H2 and Oracle, both of which support folding identifiers to uppercase, and PostgresSQL, which folds identifiers to a lower case.
If preserveKeywordCasing = true had been previously set in DatabaseConfig to remove logged warnings about any keyword identifiers, this can now be removed as the property is true by default.
To temporarily opt out of this behavior and to not keep the defined casing of keyword identifiers, please set preserveKeywordCasing = false in DatabaseConfig:

object TestTable : Table("table") {
    val col = integer("select")
}

// default behavior (preserveKeywordCasing is by default set to true)
// H2 generates SQL -> CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "table" ("select" INT NOT NULL)

// with opt-out
Database.connect(
    url = "jdbc:h2:mem:test",
    driver = "org.h2.Driver",
    databaseConfig = DatabaseConfig {
        @OptIn(ExperimentalKeywordApi::class)
        preserveKeywordCasing = false
    }
)
// H2 generates SQL -> CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "TABLE" ("SELECT" INT NOT NULL)

0.44.0

SpringTransactionManager no longer extends DataSourceTransactionManager; instead, it directly extends AbstractPlatformTransactionManager while retaining the previous basic functionality. The class also no longer implements the Exposed interface TransactionManager, as transaction operations are instead delegated to Spring. These changes ensure that Exposed's underlying transaction management no longer interferes with the expected behavior of Spring's transaction management, for example, when using nested transactions or with @Transactional elements like propagation or isolation.
If integration still requires a DataSourceTransactionManager, please add two bean declarations to the configuration: one for SpringTransactionManager and one for DataSourceTransactionManager. Then define a composite transaction manager that combines these two managers.
If TransactionManager functions were being invoked by a SpringTransactionManager instance, please replace these calls with the appropriate Spring annotation or, if necessary, by using the companion object of TransactionManager directly (for example, TransactionManager.currentOrNull()).
spring-transaction and exposed-spring-boot-starter modules now use Spring Framework 6.0 and Spring Boot 3.0, which require Java 17 as a minimum version.
A table that is created with a keyword identifier (a table or column name) now logs a warning that the identifier's case may be lost when it is automatically quoted in generated SQL. This primarily affects H2 and Oracle, both of which support folding identifiers to uppercase, and PostgreSQL, which folds identifiers to a lower case.
To remove these warnings and to ensure that the keyword identifier sent to the database matches the exact case used in the Exposed table object, please set preserveKeywordCasing = true in DatabaseConfig:

object TestTable : Table("table") {
    val col = integer("select")
}

// without opt-in (default set to false)
// H2 generates SQL -> CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "TABLE" ("SELECT" INT NOT NULL)

// with opt-in
Database.connect(
    url = "jdbc:h2:mem:test",
    driver = "org.h2.Driver",
    databaseConfig = DatabaseConfig {
        @OptIn(ExperimentalKeywordApi::class)
        preserveKeywordCasing = true
    }
)
// H2 generates SQL -> CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "table" ("select" INT NOT NULL)

0.43.0

In all databases except MySQL, MariaDB, and SQL Server, the ubyte() column now maps to data type SMALLINT instead of TINYINT, which allows the full range of UByte values to be inserted without any overflow. Registering the column on a table also creates a check constraint that restricts inserted data to the range between 0 and UByte.MAX_VALUE. If a column that only uses 1 byte of storage is needed, but without allowing any non-negative values to be inserted, please use a signed byte() column instead with a manually created check constraint:

byte("number").check { it.between(0, Byte.MAX_VALUE) }
// OR
byte("number").check { (it greaterEq 0) and (it lessEq Byte.MAX_VALUE) }

In all databases except MySQL and MariaDB, the uint() column now maps to data type BIGINT instead of INT, which allows the full range of UInt values to be inserted without any overflow. Registering the column on a table also creates a check constraint that restricts inserted data to the range between 0 and UInt.MAX_VALUE. If a column that only uses 4 bytes of storage is needed, but without allowing any non-negative values to be inserted, please use a signed integer() column instead with a manually created check constraint:

integer("number").check { it.between(0, Int.MAX_VALUE) }
// OR
integer("number").check { (it greaterEq 0) and (it lessEq Int.MAX_VALUE) }

0.42.0

SQLite The table column created using date() now uses TEXT datatype instead of DATE (which the database mapped internally to NUMERIC type). This applies to the specific DateColumnType in all 3 date/time modules and means LocalDate comparisons can now be done directly without conversions.
H2, PostgreSQL Using replace() now throws an exception as the REPLACE command is not supported by these databases. If replace() was being used to perform an insert or update operation, all usages should instead be switched to upsert(). See documentation for UPSERT details
Operator classes exists and notExists have been renamed to Exists and NotExists. The functions exists() and notExists() have been introduced to return an instance of their respectively-named classes and to avoid unresolved reference issues. Any usages of these classes should be renamed to their capitalized forms.
customEnumeration() now registers a CustomEnumerationColumnType to allow referencing by another column. The signature of customEnumeration() has not changed and table columns initialized using it are still of type Column<DataClass>.
Transaction.suspendedTransaction() has been renamed to Transaction.withSuspendTransaction(). Please run Edit -> Find -> Replace in files... twice with suspendedTransaction( and suspendedTransaction as the search options, to ensure that both variants are replaced without affecting suspendedTransactionAsync() (if used in code).
The repetitionAttempts parameter in transaction() has been removed and replaced with a mutable property in the Transaction class. Please remove any arguments for this parameter and assign values to the property directly:

// before
transaction(Connection.TRANSACTION_READ_COMMITTED, repetitionAttempts = 10) {
    // statements
}

// after
transaction(Connection.TRANSACTION_READ_COMMITTED) {
    repetitionAttempts = 10
    // statements
}

In all databases except MySQL and MariaDB, the ushort() column now maps to data type INT instead of SMALLINT, which allows the full range of UShort values to be inserted without any overflow. Registering the column on a table also creates a check constraint that restricts inserted data to the range between 0 and UShort.MAX_VALUE. If a column that only uses 2 bytes of storage is needed, but without allowing any non-negative values to be inserted, please use a signed short() column instead with a manually created check constraint:

short("number").check { it.between(0, Short.MAX_VALUE) }
// OR
short("number").check { (it greaterEq 0) and (it lessEq Short.MAX_VALUE) }

Last modified: 30 October 2024