2 files changed, 20 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php
index b8586c21d..ccd110f79 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ class CI_DB_mysqli_driver extends CI_DB {
 	 */
 	var $delete_hack = TRUE;
 
+	// whether SET NAMES must be used to set the character set
+	var $use_set_names;
+	
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	/**
@@ -132,15 +135,13 @@ class CI_DB_mysqli_driver extends CI_DB {
 	 */
 	function _db_set_charset($charset, $collation)
 	{
-		static $use_set_names;
-		
-		if ( ! isset($use_set_names))
+		if ( ! isset($this->use_set_names))
 		{
 			// mysqli_set_charset() requires MySQL >= 5.0.7, use SET NAMES as fallback
-			$use_set_names = (version_compare(mysqli_get_server_info($this->conn_id), '5.0.7', '>=')) ? FALSE : TRUE;
+			$this->use_set_names = (version_compare(mysqli_get_server_info($this->conn_id), '5.0.7', '>=')) ? FALSE : TRUE;
 		}
 
-		if ($use_set_names)
+		if ($this->use_set_names === TRUE)
 		{
 			return @mysqli_query($this->conn_id, "SET NAMES '".$this->escape_str($charset)."' COLLATE '".$this->escape_str($collation)."'");
 		}
@@ -385,6 +386,7 @@ class CI_DB_mysqli_driver extends CI_DB {
 		}
 
 		$row = $query->row();
+		$this->_reset_select();
 		return (int) $row->numrows;
 	}
 
@@ -440,7 +442,7 @@ class CI_DB_mysqli_driver extends CI_DB {
 	 */
 	function _field_data($table)
 	{
-		return "SELECT * FROM ".$table." LIMIT 1";
+		return "DESCRIBE ".$table;
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_result.php b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_result.php
index c4d8f5d58..ac863056a 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_result.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_result.php
@@ -84,21 +84,26 @@ class CI_DB_mysqli_result extends CI_DB_result {
 	function field_data()
 	{
 		$retval = array();
-		while ($field = mysqli_fetch_field($this->result_id))
+		while ($field = mysqli_fetch_object($this->result_id))
 		{
+			preg_match('/([a-zA-Z]+)\((\d+)\)/', $field->Type, $matches);
+
+			$type = $matches[1];
+			$length = (int)$matches[2];
+
 			$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->flags & MYSQLI_PRI_KEY_FLAG) ? 1 : 0;
+			$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;
 		}
 
 		return $retval;
 	}
-
+	
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	/**