Remove Connection::exec() and Connection::executeUpdate()

UPGRADE.md

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 The following methods of the `Connection` class have been removed:
 
 1. `query()`.
+2. `exec()`.
+3. `executeUpdate()`.
 
 ## BC BREAK: Changes in the wrapper-level API ancestry
 
@@ -56,7 +58,6 @@ The following classes have been renamed:
 The following driver-level methods are allowed to throw a Driver\Exception:
 
 - `Connection::prepare()`
-- `Connection::exec()`
 - `Connection::lastInsertId()`
 - `Connection::beginTransaction()`
 - `Connection::commit()`

src/Connection.php

@@ -1083,31 +1083,6 @@ class Connection
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @deprecated Use {@link executeStatement()} instead.
-     *
-     * @throws DBALException
-     */
-    public function exec(string $statement): int
-    {
-        $connection = $this->getWrappedConnection();
-
-        $logger = $this->_config->getSQLLogger();
-        if ($logger !== null) {
-            $logger->startQuery($statement);
-        }
-
-        try {
-            return $connection->exec($statement);
-        } catch (DriverException $e) {
-            throw $this->convertExceptionDuringQuery($e, $statement);
-        } finally {
-            if ($logger !== null) {
-                $logger->stopQuery();
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Returns the current transaction nesting level.
      *

src/Connections/PrimaryReadReplicaConnection.php

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ use function count;
  *
  * 1. Replica if primary was never picked before and ONLY if 'getWrappedConnection'
  *    or 'executeQuery' is used.
- * 2. Primary picked when 'exec', 'executeUpdate', 'executeStatement', 'insert', 'delete', 'update', 'createSavepoint',
+ * 2. Primary picked when 'executeStatement', 'insert', 'delete', 'update', 'createSavepoint',
  *    'releaseSavepoint', 'beginTransaction', 'rollback', 'commit' or 'prepare' is called.
  * 3. If Primary was picked once during the lifetime of the connection it will always get picked afterwards.
  * 4. One replica connection is randomly picked ONCE during a request.
@@ -256,18 +256,6 @@ class PrimaryReadReplicaConnection extends Connection
         return $config;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * {@inheritDoc}
-     *
-     * @deprecated Use {@link executeStatement()} instead.
-     */
-    public function executeUpdate(string $query, array $params = [], array $types = []): int
-    {
-        $this->ensureConnectedToPrimary();
-
-        return parent::executeUpdate($query, $params, $types);
-    }
-
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */

tests/ConnectionTest.php

@@ -174,12 +174,6 @@ class ConnectionTest extends TestCase
      */
     public static function getQueryMethods(): iterable
     {
-        yield 'exec' => [
-            static function (Connection $connection, string $statement): void {
-                $connection->exec($statement);
-            },
-        ];
-
         yield 'executeQuery' => [
             static function (Connection $connection, string $statement): void {
                 $connection->executeQuery($statement);