Add support for TDS_SSVARIANT structure in tds.py
#2075
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Hello @gabrielg5 👋
This pull request adds support for parsing SQL Server
sql_varianttypes in the TDS protocol implementation. The main change is the introduction of theTDS_SSVARIANTclass, which can parse and extract the value of asql_variantfield according to the [MS-TDS] specification: https://learn.microsoft.com/fr-fr/openspecs/windows_protocols/ms-tds/2435e85d-9e61-492c-acb2-627ffccb5b92I is useful for queries such as:
Of course, for this specific case, it could be "bypassed" using
CAST(value_in_use AS INT), but i thought it could be great to add this type inside the code directly.Before:

After:

Best regards