diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php
index 47dc558..7634be2 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 		// Determine how identifiers are escaped
 		$query = $this->query('SELECT CASE WHEN (@@OPTIONS | 256) = @@OPTIONS THEN 1 ELSE 0 END AS qi');
 		$query = $query->row_array();
-		$this->_quoted_identifier = empty($query) ? FALSE : (bool) $query->qi;
+		$this->_quoted_identifier = empty($query) ? FALSE : (bool) $query['qi'];
 		$this->_escape_char = ($this->_quoted_identifier) ? '"' : array('[', ']');
 
 		return $conn_id;
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
 	 */
 	public function insert_id()
 	{
-		$query = (self::_parse_major_version($this->version()) > 7)
+		$query = version_compare($this->version(), '8', '>=')
 			? 'SELECT SCOPE_IDENTITY() AS last_id'
 			: 'SELECT @@IDENTITY AS last_id';
 
@@ -300,23 +300,6 @@
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	/**
-	 * Parse major version
-	 *
-	 * Grabs the major version number from the
-	 * database server version string passed in.
-	 *
-	 * @param	string	$version
-	 * @return	int	major version number
-	 */
-	protected function _parse_major_version($version)
-	{
-		preg_match('/([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)/', $version, $ver_info);
-		return $ver_info[1]; // return the major version b/c that's all we're interested in.
-	}
-
-	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-	/**
 	 * Version number query string
 	 *
 	 * @return	string
@@ -338,16 +321,17 @@
 	 */
 	protected function _list_tables($prefix_limit = FALSE)
 	{
-		$sql = "SELECT name FROM sysobjects WHERE type = 'U' ORDER BY name";
+		$sql = 'SELECT '.$this->escape_identifiers('name')
+			.' FROM '.$this->escape_identifiers('sysobjects')
+			.' WHERE '.$this->escape_identifiers('type')." = 'U'";
 
-		// for future compatibility
 		if ($prefix_limit !== FALSE AND $this->dbprefix !== '')
 		{
-			//$sql .= " LIKE '".$this->escape_like_str($this->dbprefix)."%' ".sprintf($this->_like_escape_str, $this->_like_escape_chr);
-			return FALSE; // not currently supported
+			$sql .= ' AND '.$this->escape_identifiers('name')." LIKE '".$this->escape_like_str($this->dbprefix)."%' "
+				.sprintf($this->_like_escape_str, $this->_like_escape_chr);
 		}
 
-		return $sql;
+		return $sql.' ORDER BY '.$this->escape_identifiers('name');
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -377,7 +361,7 @@
 	 */
 	protected function _field_data($table)
 	{
-		return 'SELECT TOP 1 * FROM '.$table;
+		return 'SELECT TOP 1 * FROM '.$this->protect_identifiers($table);
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php
index 825c024..4fdc4aa 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 		// Determine how identifiers are escaped
 		$query = $this->query('SELECT CASE WHEN (@@OPTIONS | 256) = @@OPTIONS THEN 1 ELSE 0 END AS qi');
 		$query = $query->row_array();
-		$this->_quoted_identifier = empty($query) ? FALSE : (bool) $query->qi;
+		$this->_quoted_identifier = empty($query) ? FALSE : (bool) $query['qi'];
 		$this->_escape_char = ($this->_quoted_identifier) ? '"' : array('[', ']');
 
 		return $conn_id;
@@ -284,7 +284,17 @@
 	 */
 	protected function _list_tables($prefix_limit = FALSE)
 	{
-		return "SELECT name FROM sysobjects WHERE type = 'U' ORDER BY name";
+		$sql = 'SELECT '.$this->escape_identifiers('name')
+			.' FROM '.$this->escape_identifiers('sysobjects')
+			.' WHERE '.$this->escape_identifiers('type')." = 'U'";
+
+		if ($prefix_limit === TRUE && $this->dbprefix !== '')
+		{
+			$sql .= ' AND '.$this->escape_identifiers('name')." LIKE '".$this->escape_like_str($this->dbprefix)."%' "
+				.sprintf($this->_escape_like_str, $this->_escape_like_chr);
+		}
+
+		return $sql.' ORDER BY '.$this->escape_identifiers('name');
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -314,7 +324,7 @@
 	 */
 	protected function _field_data($table)
 	{
-		return 'SELECT TOP 1 * FROM '.$table;
+		return 'SELECT TOP 1 * FROM '.$this->protect_identifiers($table);
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------