# DuckDB v0.2.3 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** DuckDB (https://duckdb.org)
- **Version:** v0.2.3
- **Released:** Dec 03, 2020
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/duckdb/updates/v0.2.3/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
DuckDB v0.2.3. Source highlight: This preview release of DuckDB is named "Serrator" after the Red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator). Binary builds are listed below. Feedback is very welcome.

## New Features
- #1147: Add exact `MEDIAN` and `QUANTILE` functions
- #1137: Add support for (`NOT`) `ILIKE`, and optimize certain types of `LIKE` expressions
- #1112: Add DuckDB node.js API
- #1168: Add support for Pandas category types
- #1181: Extend DuckDB::LibraryVersion() to output dev version in format `0.2.3-devXXX` & #1176: Python binding: Add module attributes for introspecting DuckDB version
- #1162: Add support for compression codec in Parquet writer &  #1163: Add ZSTD Compression Code and add ZSTD codec as option for Parquet export

## Improvements
- #1160: Perfect Aggregate Hash Tables