Christopher, thanks for sharing that link, but i don’t see where this topic was discussed in that post. 🙂 But I can offer a link to another thread where this was asked and I (and others) answered, with what still seems the best answer for now:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/coldfusion/cf2018-support-for-sql-2019/td-p/10839059

While the title is indeed about cf2018, I also addressed 2016. Of course, Adobe is who we really need to hear from.

Here is what Charlie Arehart says…

https://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2016/2/22/cf2016_deprecated_features