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The published macOS universal2 wheel dynamically links simdutf against a
Homebrew path baked in at CI build time, causing an import failure on
any machine that doesn't have simdutf installed at that exact path.

Fix: remove the find_package(simdutf) call in CMakeLists.txt so
FetchContent is always used, which builds simdutf as a static library
and embeds its symbols directly into the extension.

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Signed-off-by: Edgar Ramírez Mondragón <edgarrm358@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Jahnvi Thakkar <61936179+jahnvi480@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Gaurav Sharma <sharmag@microsoft.com>

[AB#45750](https://sqlclientdrivers.visualstudio.com/c6d89619-62de-46a0-8b46-70b92a84d85e/_workitems/edit/45750)

Release mssql-python v1.9.0. Bumps `__version__`, `setup.py` version,
and updates `PyPI_Description.md` with this release's customer-facing
changes.

### Summary

#### Enhancements
- **Row Objects in Bulk Copy** - `bulkcopy` now accepts `Row` objects
(and lists) directly, converting each row to a tuple automatically
(#615).
- **Cached Parameter Type Resolution for NULLs** - `SQLDescribeParam`
results are cached per statement when binding `NULL` parameters,
removing redundant server round-trips and fixing incorrect type
fallbacks for all-NULL columns and VARBINARY types (#614).

#### Bug Fixes
- **macOS / Linux Import Failure** - simdutf is now always statically
linked via FetchContent, fixing import/symbol failures on machines
without simdutf at the CI build path (#608). Resolves #607, #628.
- **executemany Large Decimal Handling** - Fixed a `SQL_C_NUMERIC` type
mismatch when inserting `Decimal` values outside the SQL Server `MONEY`
range via `executemany` (#611). Resolves #609.
- **Exception Pickling** - DB-API exception subclasses and
`ConnectionStringParseError` now implement `__reduce__` for correct
pickle/unpickle round-trips (#616). Resolves #587.
- **PRINT Messages in nextset()** - Diagnostic messages from subsequent
result sets are captured on `SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO` during `nextset()`
(#618). Resolves #612.
- **Row Objects in executemany DAE Path** - `executemany` converts `Row`
objects to tuples in the DAE fallback path, fixing `varchar(max)` writes
(#630). Resolves #629.
- **Static Type-Checking of Fetch Methods** -
`fetchone`/`fetchmany`/`fetchall` are no longer reassigned as instance
attributes, fixing type-checking under `ty` (#631). Resolves #620.

#### Version bump
- `mssql_python/__init__.py`: `__version__` 1.8.0 → 1.9.0
- `setup.py`: version 1.8.0 → 1.9.0
- `PyPI_Description.md`: updated "What's new" section to v1.9.0

Bundled `mssql_py_core` version unchanged (0.1.4).