v1.9.7

What's Changed

• perf: do not copy columnStruct by @lidavidm in #308
• Add support for EPA by @paraddise in #295
• perf: use pointer receiver for columnStruct to avoid copy by @lidavidm in #316
• bulkcopy: fix column escaping by @dlapko in #253
• Fix handling of stateSep in batch package. Addresses bug #247 by @flaviopicci in #248
• fix: update release-please action and config by @dlevy-msft-sql in #322
• Add unit tests for type conversion, SQL quoting, and error handling by @Copilot in #321
• docs: add LLM optimization files for AI code assistant discoverability by @dlevy-msft-sql in #311
• test: improve code coverage with comprehensive unit tests by @dlevy-msft-sql in #323

New Contributors

• @paraddise made their first contribution in #295
• @flaviopicci made their first contribution in #248
• @dlevy-msft-sql made their first contribution in #322

Full Changelog: v1.9.6...v1.9.7