diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php
index ae17703..78a4bef 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@
 	 * Returns an object with field data
 	 *
 	 * @param	string	$table
-	 * @return	object
+	 * @return	array
 	 */
 	public function field_data($table = '')
 	{
@@ -396,19 +396,24 @@
 			return ($this->db_debug) ? $this->display_error('db_field_param_missing') : FALSE;
 		}
 
-		$query = $this->query('DESCRIBE '.$this->protect_identifiers($table, TRUE, NULL, FALSE));
+		if (($query = $this->query('SHOW COLUMNS FROM '.$this->protect_identifiers($table, TRUE, NULL, FALSE))) === FALSE)
+		{
+			return FALSE;
+		}
 		$query = $query->result_object();
 
 		$retval = array();
 		for ($i = 0, $c = count($query); $i < $c; $i++)
 		{
-			preg_match('/([a-z]+)(\(\d+\))?/', $query[$i]->Type, $matches);
-
 			$retval[$i]			= new stdClass();
 			$retval[$i]->name		= $query[$i]->Field;
-			$retval[$i]->type		= empty($matches[1]) ? NULL : $matches[1];
+
+			sscanf($query[$i]->Type, '%[a-z](%d)',
+				$retval[$i]->type,
+				$retval[$i]->max_length
+			);
+
 			$retval[$i]->default		= $query[$i]->Default;
-			$retval[$i]->max_length		= empty($matches[2]) ? NULL : preg_replace('/[^\d]/', '', $matches[2]);
 			$retval[$i]->primary_key	= (int) ($query[$i]->Key === 'PRI');
 		}
 
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_result.php b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_result.php
index 15e15cd..d55188e 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_result.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_result.php
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 			$retval[$i]->type		= $field_data[$i]->type;
 			$retval[$i]->max_length		= $field_data[$i]->max_length;
 			$retval[$i]->primary_key	= (int) ($field_data[$i]->flags & 2);
-			$retval[$i]->default		= '';
+			$retval[$i]->default		= $field_data[$i]->def;
 		}
 
 		return $retval;