0.4.2 has 38 commits from 12 contributors.

Features:

• New from_text format-arg string-arg function that supports JSON and CSV formats. format-arg can be format:csv or format:json`. string-arg can be a string in any format. (@aljazerzen & @snth, #1514)

  from_text format:csv """
  a,b,c
  1,2,3
  4,5,6
  """
  
  from_text format:json '''
      [{"a": 1, "b": "x", "c": false }, {"a": 4, "b": "y", "c": null }]
  '''
  
  from_text format:json '''
  {
      "columns": ["a", "b", "c"],
      "data": [
          [1, "x", false],
          [4, "y", null]
      ]
  }
  '''
  

  For now, the argument is limited to string constants.

Fixes

• Export constructor for SQLCompileOptions (@bcho, #1621)
• Remove backticks in count_distinct (@aljazerzen, #1611)

New Contributors

• @1Kinoti, with #1596
• @veenaamb, with #1614