diff --git a/shard.yml b/shard.yml
index b5051ea..278fe7e 100644
--- a/shard.yml
+++ b/shard.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ dependencies:
   db:
     github: crystal-lang/crystal-db
     #version: ~> 0.12.0
-    commit: a527cfdc4edf7e27d3d7e90ac4d6bc80c8800ba4
+    commit: 06df272740fb9141050681ae916c465cc8e70584
 
 authors:
   - Ulrich Kramer <ulrich.kramer@web.de>
diff --git a/src/tds.cr b/src/tds.cr
index 8575f79..a517c8b 100644
--- a/src/tds.cr
+++ b/src/tds.cr
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ require "db"
 require "./tds/**"
 
 module TDS
-  VERSION = "0.1.0"
+  VERSION = {{ `shards version "#{__DIR__}"`.chomp.stringify.downcase }}
 end
diff --git a/src/tds/connection.cr b/src/tds/connection.cr
index f66cd3a..7e8cfe1 100644
--- a/src/tds/connection.cr
+++ b/src/tds/connection.cr
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ class TDS::Connection < DB::Connection
 
     begin
       socket = TCPSocket.new(tds_options.host, tds_options.port, connect_timeout: tds_options.connect_timeout)
-    rescue exc : Socket::ConnectError
-      raise DB::ConnectionRefused.new
+    rescue ex : Socket::ConnectError
+      raise DB::ConnectionRefused.new(cause: ex)
     end
     @socket = socket
     @socket.read_timeout = tds_options.read_timeout
@@ -84,25 +84,25 @@ class TDS::Connection < DB::Connection
       ]).write(io)
     end
     result : Int32? = nil
-    begin
-      recv(PacketIO::Type::REPLY) do |io|
-        Token.each(io) do |token|
-          case token
-          when Token::MetaData
-          when Token::Order
-          when Token::ReturnStatus
-          when Token::DoneInProc
-          when Token::Param
-            result = token.value.as(Int32)
-          else
-            raise ProtocolError.new("Unexpected token #{token.inspect}")
-          end
+    recv(PacketIO::Type::REPLY) do |io|
+      Token.each(io) do |token|
+        case token
+        when Token::MetaData
+        when Token::Order
+        when Token::ReturnStatus
+        when Token::DoneInProc
+        when Token::Param
+          result = token.value.as(Int32)
+        else
+          raise ProtocolError.new("Unexpected token #{token.inspect}")
         end
       end
-    rescue exc : ::Exception
-      raise DB::Error.new("#{exc.to_s} while preparing \"#{statement}\"")
     end
     result.not_nil!
+  rescue ex : IO::Error
+    raise DB::ConnectionLost.new(self, ex)
+  rescue ex
+    raise DB::Error.new("#{ex.to_s} while preparing \"#{statement}\"", ex)
   end
 
   protected def perform_exec(statement)
@@ -110,12 +110,12 @@ class TDS::Connection < DB::Connection
       UTF16_IO.write(io, statement, ENCODING)
     end
     recv(PacketIO::Type::REPLY) do |io|
-      begin
-        Token.each(io) { |t| }
-      rescue exc : ::Exception
-        raise DB::Error.new("#{exc.to_s} in \"#{statement}\"")
-      end
+      Token.each(io) { |t| }
     end
+  rescue ex : IO::Error
+    raise DB::ConnectionLost.new(self, ex)
+  rescue ex
+    raise DB::Error.new("#{ex.to_s} in \"#{statement}\"", ex)
   end
 
   def build_prepared_statement(query) : DB::Statement
diff --git a/src/tds/prepared_statement.cr b/src/tds/prepared_statement.cr
index 99d25ff..fe69334 100644
--- a/src/tds/prepared_statement.cr
+++ b/src/tds/prepared_statement.cr
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ class TDS::PreparedStatement < DB::Statement
       begin
         index += 1
         PreparedStatement.encode(args[index])
-      rescue ::IndexError
-        raise DB::Error.new("Too few arguments specified for statement: #{command}")
+      rescue ex : ::IndexError
+        raise DB::Error.new("Too few arguments specified for statement: #{command}", ex)
       end
     end
     raise DB::Error.new("Too many arguments specified for statement: #{command}") if index != args.size - 1
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ class TDS::PreparedStatement < DB::Statement
         @type_infos << type_info
         params << "#{param} #{type_info.type}"
         param
-      rescue ::IndexError
-        raise DB::Error.new("Too few arguments specified for statement: #{command}")
+      rescue ex : ::IndexError
+        raise DB::Error.new("Too few arguments specified for statement: #{command}", ex)
       end
     end
     raise DB::Error.new("Too many arguments specified for statement: #{command}") if index != args.size - 1
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ class TDS::PreparedStatement < DB::Statement
       result = ResultSet.new(self, Token.each(io))
     end
     result.not_nil!
+  rescue ex : IO::Error
+    raise DB::ConnectionLost.new(connection, ex)
   end
 
   protected def perform_exec(args : Enumerable) : DB::ExecResult
@@ -69,24 +71,24 @@ class TDS::PreparedStatement < DB::Statement
       parameters = args.zip(@type_infos).map do |x|
         begin
           Parameter.new(x[0], type_info: x[1])
-        rescue exc : IndexError
-          raise DB::Error.new("#{x} : #{exc}")
+        rescue ex : IndexError
+          raise DB::Error.new("#{x} : #{ex}", ex)
         end
       end
-    rescue exc : IndexError
-      raise DB::Error.new("#{args} #{@type_infos} #{command}: #{exc}")
+    rescue ex : IndexError
+      raise DB::Error.new("#{args} #{@type_infos} #{command}: #{ex}", ex)
     end
     connection.send(PacketIO::Type::RPC) do |io|
       RpcRequest.new(id: RpcRequest::Type::EXECUTE, parameters: [@proc_id.not_nil!] + parameters).write(io)
     end
     connection.recv(PacketIO::Type::REPLY) do |io|
-      begin
-        Token.each(io) { |t| }
-      rescue exc : ::Exception
-        raise DB::Error.new("#{exc.to_s} in \"#{command}\"")
-      end
+      Token.each(io) { |t| }
     end
     DB::ExecResult.new 0, 0
+  rescue ex : IO::Error
+    raise DB::ConnectionLost.new(connection, ex)
+  rescue ex
+    raise DB::Error.new("#{ex.to_s} in \"#{command}\"", ex)
   end
 
   protected def do_close
diff --git a/src/tds/result_set.cr b/src/tds/result_set.cr
index fd84713..1916254 100644
--- a/src/tds/result_set.cr
+++ b/src/tds/result_set.cr
@@ -31,9 +31,12 @@ class TDS::ResultSet < DB::ResultSet
     while !@done
       token = begin
         @iterator.next
-      rescue exc : ::Exception
+      rescue ex : IO::Error
         @done = true
-        raise DB::Error.new("#{exc.to_s} in \"#{statement.command}\"")
+        raise DB::ConnectionLost.new(statement.connection, ex)
+      rescue ex
+        @done = true
+        raise DB::Error.new("#{ex.to_s} in \"#{statement.command}\"", ex)
       end
       case token
       when Token::Row
diff --git a/src/tds/type_info.cr b/src/tds/type_info.cr
index 14375c0..4ecb7e0 100644
--- a/src/tds/type_info.cr
+++ b/src/tds/type_info.cr
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ module TDS
       when Nil
         NVarchar.new(1)
       else
-        raise NotImplemented.new("Invalid type #{value.inspect}")
+        raise NotImplemented.new("Unsupported value : #{value.class} = #{value.inspect} (expected type: String | Int8 | Int16 | Int32 | Int64 | Float32 | Float64 | Time | BigDecimal | Nil)")
       end
     end
   end
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ module TDS
           ENCODING.encode(value.to_i64, io)
         end
       else
-        raise ProtocolError.new("Unsupported value #{value}")
+        raise ProtocolError.new("Unsupported value : #{value.class} = #{value.inspect} (expected type: Number | Nil)")
       end
     end
 
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ module TDS
         ENCODING.encode(0x1_u8, io)
         ENCODING.encode(value.to_u8.bit(0), io)
       else
-        raise ProtocolError.new("Unsupported value #{value}")
+        raise ProtocolError.new("Unsupported value : #{value.class} = #{value.inspect} (expected type: Number | Nil)")
       end
     end
 
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ module TDS
           ENCODING.encode(value.to_f64, io)
         end
       else
-        raise ProtocolError.new("Unsupported value #{value}")
+        raise ProtocolError.new("Unsupported value : #{value.class} = #{value.inspect} (expected type: Number | Nil)")
       end
     end
 
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ module TDS
         ENCODING.encode(days, io)
         ENCODING.encode(fraction, io)
       else
-        raise ProtocolError.new("Unsupported value #{value}")
+        raise ProtocolError.new("Unsupported value : #{value.class} = #{value.inspect} (expected type: Time | Nil)")
       end
     end
 
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ module TDS
         ENCODING.encode(sign, io)
         io.write(data.to_slice)
       else
-        raise ProtocolError.new("Unsupported value #{value}")
+        raise ProtocolError.new("Unsupported value : #{value.class} = #{value.inspect} (expected type: BigDecimal | Nil)")
       end
     end
 
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ module TDS
         ENCODING.encode(UInt16.new(value.size * 2), io)
         UTF16_IO.write(io, value, ENCODING)
       else
-        raise ProtocolError.new("Unsupported value #{value}")
+        raise ProtocolError.new("Unsupported value : #{value.class} = #{value.inspect} (expected type: String | Nil)")
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/src/tds/unprepared_statement.cr b/src/tds/unprepared_statement.cr
index 227f240..c4d2f4c 100644
--- a/src/tds/unprepared_statement.cr
+++ b/src/tds/unprepared_statement.cr
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ class TDS::UnpreparedStatement < DB::Statement
       result = ResultSet.new(self, Token.each(io))
     end
     result.not_nil!
+  rescue ex : IO::Error
+    raise DB::ConnectionLost.new(connection, ex)
   end
 
   protected def perform_exec(args : Enumerable) : DB::ExecResult
@@ -38,13 +40,13 @@ class TDS::UnpreparedStatement < DB::Statement
       UTF16_IO.write(io, statement, ENCODING)
     end
     connection.recv(PacketIO::Type::REPLY) do |io|
-      begin
-        Token.each(io) { |t| }
-      rescue exc : ::Exception
-        raise StatementError.new(exc, statement)
-      end
+      Token.each(io) { |t| }
     end
     DB::ExecResult.new 0, 0
+  rescue ex : IO::Error
+    raise DB::ConnectionLost.new(connection, ex)
+  rescue ex
+    raise StatementError.new(ex, statement.to_s)
   end
 
   protected def do_close