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+layout: news_item
+date: "2020-10-06 18:30:00 +0000"
+author: rubenql
+version: 1.26.0
+categories: [release]
+tag: v1-26-0
+sha: cfa37c3fd6ae18894035721d9f1eacde40e6b268
+---
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+
+The [Apache Calcite PMC]({{ site.baseurl }})
+is pleased to announce
+[Apache Calcite release 1.26.0]({{ site.baseurl }}/docs/history.html#v1-26-0).
+
+This release comes about two months after 1.25.0 and includes more than 70 resolved
+issues, comprising a lot of new features and bug-fixes. Among others, it is worth highlighting the following.
+
+* [SEARCH operator and Sarg literal](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CALCITE-4173)
+* [PIVOT operator in SQL](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CALCITE-3752)
+* [Spatial index based on Hilbert space-filling curve](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CALCITE-1861)
+* [Provide utility to visualize RelNode](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CALCITE-4197)
+* [Support JDK 15 and Guava version 29.0-jre](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CALCITE-4259)