MSSQL, FreeTDS, PHP

Has anyone here been successful in getting PHP to work with Microsoft SQL server 7.0? I've got a pretty basic and reasonably simple question about it, but I'm stymied from lack of Red Bull in my diet. Why is mssql_query() not working? I'm using it for an insert, and it's not returning anything - the SQL comes out correctly, but the fuction isn't returning anything. I'm using the following: function db_query($qstring) { global $sys_dbname; return @mssql_query($sys_dbname,$qstring); } where $sys_dbname is the name of the database and $qstring is the name of the query string. I have got freeTDS installed and pointed to... do I need more/am I going completely down the wrong path? I'm sure it's obvious, I'm new at this. I know this has been covered before, but none of the answers answer the question, they just say "install freetds" which is done, but my INSERTS still don't happen. Followup question: Is there a web archive of this list that I haven't found yet? -Jonathan Swerdloff, http://www.swerdloff.com/