Everyone, I have never used the PHP mssql functions before, I am versed in MySql instead, I cannot get the following code to return any records. The variables $dbserver, $dbuser, $dbpasswd are defined in a config file and are being read and the connection is being made because I can change any one of the variables to a incorrect value and mssql_connect fails. When I use TDS Version 8.0 I get back the Resource ID # only. <?php $linkID = mssql_connect($dbserver, $dbuser, $dbpasswd); if(!$linkID) { die('There was an error while attempting to connect to the MSSQL Server'); } if(!$linkID || !mssql_select_db($database, $linkID)) { die('Unable to connect or select database!'); } //The following is for debugging $query = "SELECT * FROM pohdr WHERE ponum = '136025'"; echo $query; print "<BR>"; print "<BR>"; $data = mssql_query($query, $linkID) or die ('Query failed: '.$query); $result = array(); echo $data; do { while ($row = mssql_fetch_row($data)){ $result[] = $row; } }while ( mssql_next_result($data) ); // Clean up mssql_free_result($data); mssql_close($linkID); include ('common/footer.php'); ?> My environment: Server #1 - 100% CentOS RPM installed CentOS 5.3 Apache 2.2.3 PHP 5.1.6 FreeTDS 0.64 Server #2 Microsoft Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SQL Server 2005 SQL Server 2000 Compatibility Tools installed Server #3 - Compiled from Source CentOS 5.3 Apache 2.2.11 PHP 5.2.10 (also tried 5.2.5, 5.1.6 and 4.4.7) FreeTDS 0.82 By setting the TDS Version to 8.0 on either Server #1 or Server #2 I can make a connection to the SQL Server using tsql -S {servername} -U {username} and execute the SQL Query above and the records are returned. If I set the TDS Version to 9.0 I can make a connection to the SQL server but from 0.64 or 0.82 I get this error "Msg 4004, Level 16, State 1, Server {servername}, Line 1 Unicode data in a Unicode-only collation or ntext data cannot be sent to clients using DB-Library (such as ISQL) or ODBC version 3.7 or earlier." when I use the SQL Query above. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Best, Steve -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php