Parameters 2.2.13 Release Notes

August 10, 2021

Support special characters in password field of Postgres database

Special characters that are supported in Postgres are now supported in qTest Parameters. The following special characters can now be used in passwords.

& (ampersand) < or >
(angle brackets)
'
(apostrophe)
*
(asterisk)
@
(at sign)
\
(backslash)
{ or }
(braces)
[ or ]
(brackets)
^
(caret)
:
(colon)
,
(comma)
$
(dollar sign)
=
(equal sign)
!
(exclamation point)
-
(hyphen)
#
(number sign)
( or )
(parentheses)
%
(percent)
.
(period)
+
(plus sign)
?
(question mark)
;
(semi-colon)
'
(single quotation mark)
/
(slash)

(space)
~
(tilde)
_
(underscore)
|
(vertical bar)

Performance enhancements

Several enhancements were made to improve the general performance of Parameters.

Security enhancements

  • Background library updates have been made to improve Parameters security.

  • Several enhancements have been made to improve the security of qTest Parameters.