- MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse extends Auto Parallel Load support for external tables that have a pre-defined schema. It is now able to reconcile the inferred schema with the pre-defined table definition when there is a column type mismatch between the two. Schema inference adjusts this schema to prevent possible errors during data loading. See: Use Lakehouse Auto Parallel Load with external_tables Option. (WL #16040) 
- MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse now has improved error reporting. See: MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse Error Messages. (WL #15951) 
- GREATEST()and- LEAST()comparison and string functions now support the- YEARdata type. (WL #15910)