MariaDB connector/node.js 2.1.0

This version is a Stable (GA) release.

Changelog

• [CONJS-19] implement Ed25519 plugin
• [CONJS-57] Multiple alternative authentication methods for the same user (MariaDB 10.4)
• [CONJS-61] Permit handling expired password
• [CONJS-85] Implement pool events according to mysql/mysql2 API
• [CONJS-87] Array parameter automatic conversion
• [CONJS-89] Performance improvement on decoding string
• [CONJS-88] Charset collation option separation
• [CONJS-74] Types definition must be string, not byte when using option typeCast
• [CONJS-75] Missing import dependencies for typeScript
• [CONJS-79] Read errors while processing LOCAL INFILE can causes process crash
• [CONJS-83] Add poolCluster 'remove' event
• [CONJS-84] option restoreNodeTimeout is not respected when removeNodeErrorCount is set
• [CONJS-73] Setting timezone to current IANA might provoque server automatic retrieval

New Options

option	description	type	default
collation	(used in replacement of charset) Permit to defined collation used for connection. This will defined the charset encoding used for exchanges with database and defines the order used when comparing strings. It's mainly used for micro-optimizations	string	UTF8MB4_UNICODE_CI
permitConnectionWhenExpired	Permit a user with expired password to connect. Only possible operation in this case will be to change password ('SET PASSWORD=PASSWORD('XXX')')	boolean	false

The option charset now corresponds to charset, still permitting collation for compatibility, but then a warning is thrown to console.