MSSQL server protocol is documented and failover is handled. Protocol are usually versioned, or the initial handshake allows client/server capabilities negocia

MSSQL server protocol is documented and failover is handled. Protocol are usually versioned, or the initial handshake allows client/server capabilities negociation. Oracle has copyrighted a poem that the clients needs to send to make sure reverse engineered drivers are not possible: https://noss.github.io/2009/04/28/reverse-engineering-oracle-protocol.html https://noss.github.io/2009/04/28/reverse-engineering-oracle... Business as usual for Oracle and their horrible ethics...