Comment 19 for bug 87063

RJT said:
> The mssql_* functions it provides are in fact aliases to sybase_* functions,
> and they don't behave in the same way as the true mssql_* functions,
> nor are they as reliable when used with MS SQL Server databases.

How do they not behave same way?

What's those reliability problems?

sybase and mssql extensions both use freetds library to connect to databases, so only difference is not in database server, but in way freetds library is used.

Maybe you could elaborate more on what problems you are experiencing when using sybase extension?