v0.5.0

Added

Collation-Aware VARCHAR Decoding

• New encoding feature for proper decoding of VARCHAR columns with non-UTF-8 collations
• Collation::encoding() method returns the encoding_rs::Encoding for a collation's LCID
• Collation::encoding_name() method returns human-readable encoding name
• Column.collation field exposes collation metadata for string columns
• Column.encoding_name() convenience method (requires encoding feature)
• Support for Windows code pages: 1252 (Latin1), 1251 (Cyrillic), 1250 (Central European),
  932 (Shift_JIS), 936 (GB18030), 949 (Korean), 950 (Big5), and more
• Example: collation_encoding.rs demonstrating collation-aware decoding

Changed

• BREAKING: Column struct marked #[non_exhaustive]
  • Use Column::new() or builder methods to construct instances
  • Allows future field additions without breaking changes

Fixed

• VARCHAR columns with non-UTF-8 collations (e.g., SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS) now decode correctly
• Previously, characters like "Café" would display as "Caf�" when using Windows-1252 encoding

What's Changed

• deps: bump proc-macro2 from 1.0.103 to 1.0.104 by @dependabot[bot] in #14
• deps: bump serde_json from 1.0.147 to 1.0.148 by @dependabot[bot] in #15
• deps: bump windows from 0.59.0 to 0.62.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #16
• feat(protocol): add collation-aware VARCHAR decoding by @jkindrix in #23

Full Changelog: v0.4.0...v0.5.0