Hey folks! Author here. Happy for questions, suggestions, flames.
> Proprietary databases like Oracle and SQL Server find value in developing their own drivers. They don't tend to publish their wire protocol. Just to note, MS have long published the details of their wire protocol, TDS - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/windows_protocols...
The [MS-TDS].pdf is also an excellent piece of documentation, gave me all the answers to write a fully compatible TDS driver.