# MiddleKit 1.1 Release Notes

MiddleKit version 1.1 released on 08/03/11

## New Features

- Added support for SQLite to MiddleKit.

## Improvements and Refinements

- SQL Server support in MiddleKit now done via pyodbc, because mxODBC is a commercial product, while pyodbc is free and open source. Tested with SQL Server 2008.

## Minor API Changes

- We are now only using new-style classes.

## Deprecations

- The `_get` and `_set` methods of `MiddleObject` have been deprecated in favor of `valueForKey` and `setValueForKey`.
- MiddleKit now does not support `mxDateTime` types any more, only the native datetime types. However, if python-dateutil is not installed, Webware will still use `mxDateTime` internally for string parsing (but the results will be `datetime` anyway). This makes the whole datetime handling much clearer and easier maintainable.