Library Version 18.1.25

SQL API Changes
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## SQL API Changes

### SQL User Authentication

TThe SQL user authentication extension now requires encryption to ensure security.

### New PRAGMAs

- `PRAGMA bdbsql_upgrade`, which upgrades the connected database.

- `PRAGMA statistics`, which prints out statistics about a database and its environment.

- `PRAGMA statistics_files`, which redirects statistics about a database and its environment to a file.

### Internal Berkeley DB Messages

Internal Berkeley DB messages are now redirected to the same file where internal Berkeley DB error messages are redirected.

### Updated SQL Version

The Berkeley DB SQL API has been updated to be compatible with SQLite 3.18.2. For information on SQLite release history, see: https://www.sqlite.org/changes.html

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