drupal-3351095

- Bugfix: fixed the CREATE FUNCTION in database.mssql as it needs to be prefixed with GO for some obscure reason.  Patch by Kjartan.

- Bugfix: fixed the defaults for blocks in database.mssql so the NOT NULL fields get values.  Patch by Kjartan.

- Bugfix: changed check_form() to use htmlspecialchars() instead of drupal_specialchars() as this caused Drupal to emit incorrect form items in presence of quotes.  Example:

  <input type="submit" class="form-submit" name="op" value="Submit "top nodes" block changes" />

  IMO, drupal_specialchars() is better called xmlspecialchars() to avoid confusion.

- Bugfix: when an anonymous user visits a site, they shouldn't see any content (except the login block, if it is enabled) unless they have the "access content" permissions.  Patch by Matt Westgate.

- Improvement: improved the error checking and the error messages in the profile module.  Updated the code to match the Drupal coding conventions.  Modified patch from Matt Westgate.

- Improvement: don't generate the <base href=""> tag in the base theme; it is already emitted by theme_head().  Patch by Kristjan.

- Improvement: don't execute any SQL queries when checking the permissions of user #1.  Patch by Kjartan.

- Improvement: made a scalable layout form that works in IE and that behaves better with narrow themes.  Part of patch #51 by Al.

- Improvement: removed some redundant print statements from the comment module.  Modified patch from Craig Courtney.