Re: SQL Server version and TDS Version

> A TDSDUMP log would probably show what we need to know.  I'd keep a close
eye on iconv(3) and client encoding issues.

Sure, here is a TDSDUMP when I specify TDS version 8:

log.c:190:Starting log file for FreeTDS 0.82
        on 2010-04-18 12:42:52 with debug flags 0x4fff.
iconv.c:197:names for ISO-8859-1: ISO-8859-1
iconv.c:197:names for UTF-8: UTF-8
iconv.c:197:names for UCS-2LE: UCS-2LE
iconv.c:197:names for UCS-2BE: UCS-2BE
iconv.c:363:iconv to convert client-side data to the "utf-8" character set
iconv.c:432:tds_iconv_info_init: client charset name "" unrecognized
net.c:210:Connecting to CENSORED port 1433 (TDS version 8.0)
net.c:264:tds_open_socket: connect(2) returned "Operation now in progress"
net.c:303:tds_open_socket() succeeded
util.c:162:Changed query state from DEAD to IDLE
login.c:735:quietly sending TDS 7+ login packet
token.c:312:tds_process_login_tokens()
util.c:334:tdserror(0x1002001d0, 0x1002007c0, 20017, 0)
util.c:368:tdserror: client library returned TDS_INT_CANCEL(2)
util.c:389:tdserror: returning TDS_INT_CANCEL(2)
util.c:162:Changed query state from IDLE to DEAD
token.c:316:looking for login token, got  0()
token.c:108:tds_process_default_tokens() marker is 0()
token.c:111:leaving tds_process_default_tokens() connection dead
util.c:334:tdserror(0x1002001d0, 0x1002007c0, 20002, 0)
util.c:368:tdserror: client library returned TDS_INT_CANCEL(2)
util.c:389:tdserror: returning TDS_INT_CANCEL(2)
mem.c:563:tds_free_all_results()


and for v4.2 that works:

log.c:190:Starting log file for FreeTDS 0.82
        on 2010-04-18 12:43:43 with debug flags 0x4fff.
iconv.c:197:names for ISO-8859-1: ISO-8859-1
iconv.c:197:names for UTF-8: UTF-8
iconv.c:197:names for UCS-2LE: UCS-2LE
iconv.c:197:names for UCS-2BE: UCS-2BE
iconv.c:363:iconv to convert client-side data to the "utf-8" character set
iconv.c:432:tds_iconv_info_init: client charset name "" unrecognized
net.c:210:Connecting to CENSORED port 1433 (TDS version 4.2)
net.c:264:tds_open_socket: connect(2) returned "Operation now in progress"
net.c:303:tds_open_socket() succeeded
util.c:162:Changed query state from DEAD to IDLE
net.c:779:Sending packet

REMOVED

token.c:312:tds_process_login_tokens()
net.c:592:Received header
0000 04 01 00 98 00 37 01 00-                        |.....7..|

net.c:671:Received packet
0000 e3 0f 00 01 06 6d 61 73-74 65 72 06 6d 61 73 74 |<E3>....mas ter.mast|
0010 65 72 ab 37 00 45 16 00-00 02 00 25 00 43 68 61 |er<AB>7.E.. ...%.Cha|
0020 6e 67 65 64 20 64 61 74-61 62 61 73 65 20 63 6f |nged dat abase co|
0030 6e 74 65 78 74 20 74 6f-20 27 6d 61 73 74 65 72 |ntext to  'master|
0040 27 2e 06 53 50 49 4e 41-4c 00 01 00 e3 09 00 03 |'..SPINA L...<E3>...|
0050 05 69 73 6f 5f 31 01 00-ad 20 00 01 04 02 00 00 |.iso_1.. <AD> ......|
0060 16 4d 69 63 72 6f 73 6f-66 74 20 53 51 4c 20 53 |.Microso ft SQL S|
0070 65 72 76 65 72 00 00 5f-09 00 ff e3 09 00 04 03 |erver.._ ..<FF><E3>....|
0080 35 31 32 03 35 31 32 fd-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |512.512<FD> ........|

token.c:316:looking for login token, got  e3(ENVCHANGE)
token.c:108:tds_process_default_tokens() marker is e3(ENVCHANGE)
token.c:316:looking for login token, got  ab(INFO)
token.c:108:tds_process_default_tokens() marker is ab(INFO)
token.c:2451:tds_process_msg() reading message from server
token.c:2516:tds_process_msg() calling client msg handler
token.c:2529:tds_process_msg() returning TDS_SUCCEED
token.c:316:looking for login token, got  e3(ENVCHANGE)
token.c:108:tds_process_default_tokens() marker is e3(ENVCHANGE)
token.c:2356:server indicated charset change to "iso_1"
iconv.c:985:setting server single-byte charset to "ISO-8859-1"
iconv.c:432:tds_iconv_info_init: client charset name "" unrecognized
token.c:316:looking for login token, got  ad(LOGINACK)
token.c:316:looking for login token, got  e3(ENVCHANGE)
token.c:108:tds_process_default_tokens() marker is e3(ENVCHANGE)
token.c:316:looking for login token, got  fd(DONE)
token.c:108:tds_process_default_tokens() marker is fd(DONE)
token.c:2201:tds_process_end: more_results = 0
                was_cancelled = 0
                error = 0
                done_count_valid = 0
token.c:2217:tds_process_end() state set to TDS_IDLE
token.c:2232:                rows_affected = 0
token.c:393:leaving tds_process_login_tokens() returning 1
mem.c:563:tds_free_all_results()
util.c:162:Changed query state from IDLE to DEAD