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 * Add a new, specialised `odbc::databricks()` class with its own `dbConnect()`
   method to make using Databricks's ODBC driver easier (@atheriel, #615).
 
+* Snowflake: performance improvements when writing to tables with underscores
+  in their identifier (schema, table name). (#detule and @fh-afrachioni, #618)
+
 # odbc 1.3.5
 
 * Various fixes for `R CMD check`.