diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_driver.php
index dc03864..9fbdfdd 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_driver.php
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
 	    }
 
 	    // Add charset to the DSN, if needed
-	    if ( ! empty($this->char_set) && in_array($this->subdriver, array('4D', 'sybase', 'mssql', 'dblib', 'oci')))
+	    if ( ! empty($this->char_set) && in_array($this->subdriver, array('4D', 'sybase', 'mssql', 'dblib')))
 	    {
 	        $this->dsn .= 'charset='.$this->char_set.';';
 	    }
@@ -178,37 +178,13 @@
 	/**
 	 * Non-persistent database connection
 	 *
-	 * @return	object
-	 */
-	public function db_connect()
-	{
-		return $this->_pdo_connect();
-	}
-
-	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-	/**
-	 * Persistent database connection
-	 *
-	 * @return	object
-	 */
-	public function db_pconnect()
-	{
-		return $this->_pdo_connect(TRUE);
-	}
-
-	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-	/**
-	 * PDO connection
-	 *
 	 * @param	bool
 	 * @return	object
 	 */
-	protected function _pdo_connect($persistent = FALSE)
+	public function db_connect($persistent = FALSE)
 	{
 		$this->options[PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE] = PDO::ERRMODE_SILENT;
-		$persistent === FALSE OR $this->options[PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT] = TRUE;
+		$this->options[PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT] = $persistent;
 
 		// Connecting...
 		try
@@ -229,6 +205,18 @@
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	/**
+	 * Persistent database connection
+	 *
+	 * @return	object
+	 */
+	public function db_pconnect()
+	{
+		return $this->db_connect(TRUE);
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
 	 * Database version number
 	 *
 	 * @return	string
@@ -435,12 +423,7 @@
 	 */
 	protected function _field_data($table)
 	{
-		if ($this->subdriver === 'oci')
-		{
-			// Analog function for oci
-			return 'SELECT * FROM '.$this->escape_identifiers($table).' WHERE ROWNUM <= 1';
-		}
-		elseif ($this->subdriver === 'sqlite')
+		if ($this->subdriver === 'sqlite')
 		{
 			// Analog function for sqlite
 			return 'PRAGMA table_info('.$this->escape_identifiers($table).')';
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_oci_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_oci_driver.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f728ce9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_oci_driver.php
@@ -0,0 +1,248 @@
+<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
+/**
+ * CodeIgniter
+ *
+ * An open source application development framework for PHP 5.2.4 or newer
+ *
+ * NOTICE OF LICENSE
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Open Software License version 3.0
+ *
+ * This source file is subject to the Open Software License (OSL 3.0) that is
+ * bundled with this package in the files license.txt / license.rst.  It is
+ * also available through the world wide web at this URL:
+ * http://opensource.org/licenses/OSL-3.0
+ * If you did not receive a copy of the license and are unable to obtain it
+ * through the world wide web, please send an email to
+ * licensing@ellislab.com so we can send you a copy immediately.
+ *
+ * @package		CodeIgniter
+ * @author		EllisLab Dev Team
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2012, EllisLab, Inc. (http://ellislab.com/)
+ * @license		http://opensource.org/licenses/OSL-3.0 Open Software License (OSL 3.0)
+ * @link		http://codeigniter.com
+ * @since		Version 3.0.0
+ * @filesource
+ */
+
+/**
+ * PDO Oracle Database Adapter Class
+ *
+ * Note: _DB is an extender class that the app controller
+ * creates dynamically based on whether the query builder
+ * class is being used or not.
+ *
+ * @package		CodeIgniter
+ * @subpackage	Drivers
+ * @category	Database
+ * @author		EllisLab Dev Team
+ * @link		http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/database/
+ */
+class CI_DB_pdo_oci_driver extends CI_DB_pdo_driver {
+
+	public $subdriver = 'oci';
+
+	/**
+	 * The syntax to count rows is slightly different across different
+	 * database engines, so this string appears in each driver and is
+	 * used for the count_all() and count_all_results() functions.
+	 */
+	protected $_count_string = 'SELECT COUNT(1) AS ';
+	protected $_random_keyword = ' ASC'; // Currently not supported
+
+	protected $_reserved_identifiers = array('*', 'rownum');
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructor
+	 *
+	 * Builds the DSN if not already set.
+	 *
+	 * @param	array
+	 * @return	void
+	 */
+	public function __construct($params)
+	{
+		parent::__construct($params);
+
+		if (empty($this->dsn))
+		{
+			$this->dsn = 'oci:dbname=';
+
+			// Oracle has a slightly different PDO DSN format (Easy Connect),
+			// which also supports pre-defined DSNs.
+			if (empty($this->hostname) && empty($this->port))
+			{
+				$this->dsn .= $this->database;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				$this->dsn .= '//'.(empty($this->hostname) ? 'localhost' : $this->hostname)
+					.(empty($this->port) ? '' : ':'.$this->port).'/';
+
+				empty($this->database) OR $this->dsn .= $this->database;
+			}
+
+			empty($this->char_set) OR $this->dsn .= ';charset='.$this->char_set;
+		}
+		elseif ( ! empty($this->char_set) && strpos($this->dsn, 'charset=', 4) === FALSE)
+		{
+			$this->dsn .= ';charset='.$this->char_set;
+		}
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Show table query
+	 *
+	 * Generates a platform-specific query string so that the table names can be fetched
+	 *
+	 * @param	bool
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
+	protected function _list_tables($prefix_limit = FALSE)
+	{
+		$sql = 'SELECT "TABLE_NAME" FROM "ALL_TABLES"';
+
+		if ($prefix_limit === TRUE && $this->dbprefix !== '')
+		{
+			return $sql.' WHERE "TABLE_NAME" LIKE \''.$this->escape_like_str($this->dbprefix)."%' "
+				.sprintf($this->_like_escape_str, $this->_like_escape_chr);
+		}
+
+		return $sql;
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Show column query
+	 *
+	 * Generates a platform-specific query string so that the column names can be fetched
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	the table name
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
+	protected function _list_columns($table = '')
+	{
+		return 'SELECT "COLUMN_NAME" FROM "all_tab_columns" WHERE "TABLE_NAME" = '.$this->escape($table);
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Field data query
+	 *
+	 * Generates a platform-specific query so that the column data can be retrieved
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	the table name
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
+	protected function _field_data($table)
+	{
+		return 'SELECT * FROM '.$this->protect_identifiers($table).' WHERE rownum = 1';
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * From Tables
+	 *
+	 * This function implicitly groups FROM tables so there is no confusion
+	 * about operator precedence in harmony with SQL standards
+	 *
+	 * @param	array
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
+	protected function _from_tables($tables)
+	{
+		return is_array($tables) ? implode(', ', $tables) : $tables;
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Insert_batch statement
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	the table name
+	 * @param	array	the insert keys
+	 * @param	array	the insert values
+	 * @return 	string
+	 */
+	protected function _insert_batch($table, $keys, $values)
+	{
+		$keys = implode(', ', $keys);
+		$sql = "INSERT ALL\n";
+
+		for ($i = 0, $c = count($values); $i < $c; $i++)
+		{
+			$sql .= '	INTO '.$table.' ('.$keys.') VALUES '.$values[$i]."\n";
+		}
+
+		return $sql.'SELECT * FROM dual';
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Truncate statement
+	 *
+	 * Generates a platform-specific truncate string from the supplied data
+	 *
+	 * If the database does not support the truncate() command,
+	 * then this method maps to 'DELETE FROM table'
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	the table name
+	 * @return	string
+         */
+	protected function _truncate($table)
+	{
+		return 'TRUNCATE TABLE '.$table;
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Delete statement
+	 *
+	 * Generates a platform-specific delete string from the supplied data
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	the table name
+	 * @param	array	the where clause
+	 * @param	array	the like clause
+	 * @param	string	the limit clause
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
+	protected function _delete($table, $where = array(), $like = array(), $limit = FALSE)
+	{
+		$conditions = array();
+
+		empty($where) OR $conditions[] = implode(' ', $where);
+		empty($like) OR $conditions[] = implode(' ', $like);
+		empty($limit) OR $conditions[] = 'rownum <= '.$limit;
+
+		return 'DELETE FROM '.$table.(count($conditions) > 0 ? ' WHERE '.implode(' AND ', $conditions) : '');
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Limit string
+	 *
+	 * Generates a platform-specific LIMIT clause
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	the sql query string
+	 * @param	int	the number of rows to limit the query to
+	 * @param	int	the offset value
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
+	protected function _limit($sql, $limit, $offset)
+	{
+		return 'SELECT * FROM (SELECT inner_query.*, rownum rnum FROM ('.$sql.') inner_query WHERE rownum < '.($offset + $limit).')'
+			.($offset ? ' WHERE rnum >= '.$offset : '');
+	}
+
+}
+
+/* End of file pdo_oci_driver.php */
+/* Location: ./system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_oci_driver.php */
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