RELEASE:1.7.1

[gargsaumya]

Work Item / Issue Reference

AB#45159

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Summary

Enhancements

• FIX: Add manylinux_2_28 build targets for RHEL 8 / glibc 2.28 compatibility #548 — manylinux_2_28 build targets for RHEL 8 / glibc 2.28
• FIX: Produce universal2 wheel for Python 3.10 on macOS #542 — macOS universal2 wheel for Python 3.10
• PERF: Handle utf16 strings using simdutf and std::u16string #526 — UTF-16 string handling via simdutf
• PERF: Optimize execute() hot path: soft reset, prepare caching, and guarded diagnostics  #528 — Optimized execute() hot path
• DOC: Added instructions for Azure Linux #567 — Azure Linux installation docs

Bug Fixes

• FIX: GH-Issue (#532) - Login failures are raised as RuntimeError instead of a mssql_python exception #562 — Login failures now raise mssql_python exception instead of RuntimeError
• FIX: Release GIL around blocking SQLSetConnectAttr calls (#565) #568 — GIL released during blocking SQLSetConnectAttr calls
• FIX: Release GIL around blocking ODBC statement, fetch, and transaction calls (#540) #541 — GIL released during blocking ODBC statement/fetch/transaction calls
• FIX: executemany RuntimeError when decimals change signs (GH-557) #560 — executemany RuntimeError when decimals change signs
• FIX: Inconsistent retrieval of CP1252 encoded data in VARCHAR columns - Windows vs. Linux #468 #495 — Inconsistent CP1252 VARCHAR retrieval Windows vs Linux
• CHORE: Bump mssql-py-core to 0.1.4 #559 — BulkCopy empty string in NVARCHAR(MAX)/VARCHAR(MAX) (via mssql_py_core 0.1.4)

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Pull request overview

This release PR bumps the mssql-python package version to v1.7.1 and updates the PyPI long description to reflect the 1.7.1 release notes.

Changes:

• Bumped package version from 1.6.0 to 1.7.1 in packaging metadata.
• Updated __version__ in the package initializer to 1.7.1.
• Refreshed PyPI “What’s new” section to list v1.7.1 enhancements and bug fixes.

Reviewed changes

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File	Description
setup.py	Updates distribution version to 1.7.1 for packaging/release.
PyPI_Description.md	Updates the “What’s new” section to v1.7.1 release notes.
mssql_python/init.py	Updates runtime __version__ to 1.7.1.

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📈 Total Lines Covered: 7018 out of 27134 📁 Project: mssql-python

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mssql_python.pybind.build._deps.simdutf-src.src.haswell.implementation.cpp: 0.4%
mssql_python.pybind.build._deps.simdutf-src.src.implementation.cpp: 6.7%
mssql_python.pybind.build._deps.simdutf-src.include.simdutf.implementation.h: 10.4%
mssql_python.pybind.build._deps.simdutf-src.include.simdutf.scalar.utf16_to_utf8.utf16_to_utf8.h: 25.3%
mssql_python.pybind.logger_bridge.cpp: 59.2%
mssql_python.pybind.ddbc_bindings.h: 59.7%
mssql_python.pybind.build._deps.simdutf-src.include.simdutf.internal.isadetection.h: 65.3%
mssql_python.row.py: 70.5%
mssql_python.pybind.logger_bridge.hpp: 70.8%
mssql_python.pybind.ddbc_bindings.cpp: 74.2%

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