2 files changed, 16 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_driver.php
index 872504564..dc020c624 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_driver.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class CI_DB_mysql_driver extends CI_DB {
 
 	// whether SET NAMES must be used to set the character set
 	var $use_set_names;
-	
+
 	/**
 	 * Non-persistent database connection
 	 *
@@ -135,20 +135,9 @@ class CI_DB_mysql_driver extends CI_DB {
 	 */
 	function db_set_charset($charset, $collation)
 	{
-		if ( ! isset($this->use_set_names))
-		{
-			// mysql_set_charset() requires PHP >= 5.2.3 and MySQL >= 5.0.7, use SET NAMES as fallback
-			$this->use_set_names = (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.2.3', '>=') && version_compare(mysql_get_server_info(), '5.0.7', '>=')) ? FALSE : TRUE;
-		}
-
-		if ($this->use_set_names === TRUE)
-		{
-			return @mysql_query("SET NAMES '".$this->escape_str($charset)."' COLLATE '".$this->escape_str($collation)."'", $this->conn_id);
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			return @mysql_set_charset($charset, $this->conn_id);
-		}
+		return function_exists('mysql_set_charset')
+			? @mysql_set_charset($charset, $this->conn_id)
+			: @mysql_query("SET NAMES '".$this->escape_str($charset)."' COLLATE '".$this->escape_str($collation)."'", $this->conn_id);
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -441,7 +430,7 @@ class CI_DB_mysql_driver extends CI_DB {
 	 */
 	function _field_data($table)
 	{
-		return "SELECT * FROM ".$table." LIMIT 1";
+		return "DESCRIBE ".$table;
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_result.php b/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_result.php
index 507389603..6ceaf4b9b 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_result.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_result.php
@@ -84,14 +84,19 @@ class CI_DB_mysql_result extends CI_DB_result {
 	function field_data()
 	{
 		$retval = array();
-		while ($field = mysql_fetch_field($this->result_id))
+		while ($field = mysql_fetch_object($this->result_id))
 		{
+			preg_match('/([a-zA-Z]+)(\((\d+)\))?/i', $field->Type, $matches);
+
+			$type = $matches[1];
+			$length = isset($matches[3]) ? (int) $matches[3] : NULL;
+
 			$F				= new stdClass();
-			$F->name		= $field->name;
-			$F->type		= $field->type;
-			$F->default		= $field->def;
-			$F->max_length	= $field->max_length;
-			$F->primary_key = $field->primary_key;
+			$F->name		= $field->Field;
+			$F->type		= $type;
+			$F->default		= $field->Default;
+			$F->max_length	= $length;
+			$F->primary_key = ( $field->Key == 'PRI' ? 1 : 0 );
 
 			$retval[] = $F;
 		}