I am getting this exact same response when using the php_mssql extension. I've tried the thread safe binaries of php 5.2.5, the non-thread safe binaries as well as trying mssql_pconnect vs. mssql_connect. I am absolutely certain that the connection to the database server is open, as I can telnet...

Rick, Thanks for the response. I had actually tried from the command line (and noted such in my post). Unfortunately, it works as expected from the command line, returning a resource id. It's only through FastCGI that it doesn't work. I have yet to test it with preview 2, but will do so when time permits...

Has anyone had issues using mysql_connect() under this new FastCGI? I realize this is likely not a bug within FastCGI itself, but was hoping maybe someone had stumbled across a fix. The script I'm running is very simple: <?php print_r(mssql_connect('host,port','user','pass')); ?> Testing from the...