diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php
index 4369bbe..3d6cffd 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php
@@ -438,9 +438,28 @@
 			// We have to strip the ORDER BY clause
 			$sql = trim(substr($sql, 0, strrpos($sql, $orderby)));
 
-			return 'SELECT '.(count($this->qb_select) === 0 ? '*' : implode(', ', $this->qb_select))." FROM (\n"
+			// Get the fields to select from our subquery, so that we can avoid CI_rownum appearing in the actual results
+			if (count($this->qb_select) === 0)
+			{
+				$select = '*'; // Inevitable
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				// Use only field names and their aliases, everything else is out of our scope.
+				$select = array();
+				$field_regexp = ($this->_quoted_identifier)
+					? '("[^\"]+")' : '(\[[^\]]+\])';
+				for ($i = 0, $c = count($this->qb_select); $i < $c; $i++)
+				{
+					$select[] = preg_match('/(?:\s|\.)'.$field_regexp.'$/i', $this->qb_select[$i], $m)
+						? $m[1] : $this->qb_select[$i];
+				}
+				$select = implode(', ', $select);
+			}
+
+			return 'SELECT '.$select." FROM (\n\n"
 				.preg_replace('/^(SELECT( DISTINCT)?)/i', '\\1 ROW_NUMBER() OVER('.trim($orderby).') AS '.$this->escape_identifiers('CI_rownum').', ', $sql)
-				."\n) ".$this->escape_identifiers('CI_subquery')
+				."\n\n) ".$this->escape_identifiers('CI_subquery')
 				."\nWHERE ".$this->escape_identifiers('CI_rownum').' BETWEEN '.($this->qb_offset + 1).' AND '.$limit;
 		}
 
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_dblib_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_dblib_driver.php
index 782bb53..785b279 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_dblib_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_dblib_driver.php
@@ -211,9 +211,28 @@
 			// We have to strip the ORDER BY clause
 			$sql = trim(substr($sql, 0, strrpos($sql, $orderby)));
 
-			return 'SELECT '.(count($this->qb_select) === 0 ? '*' : implode(', ', $this->qb_select))." FROM (\n"
+			// Get the fields to select from our subquery, so that we can avoid CI_rownum appearing in the actual results
+			if (count($this->qb_select) === 0)
+			{
+				$select = '*'; // Inevitable
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				// Use only field names and their aliases, everything else is out of our scope.
+				$select = array();
+				$field_regexp = ($this->_quoted_identifier)
+					? '("[^\"]+")' : '(\[[^\]]+\])';
+				for ($i = 0, $c = count($this->qb_select); $i < $c; $i++)
+				{
+					$select[] = preg_match('/(?:\s|\.)'.$field_regexp.'$/i', $this->qb_select[$i], $m)
+						? $m[1] : $this->qb_select[$i];
+				}
+				$select = implode(', ', $select);
+			}
+
+			return 'SELECT '.$select." FROM (\n\n"
 				.preg_replace('/^(SELECT( DISTINCT)?)/i', '\\1 ROW_NUMBER() OVER('.trim($orderby).') AS '.$this->escape_identifiers('CI_rownum').', ', $sql)
-				."\n) ".$this->escape_identifiers('CI_subquery')
+				."\n\n) ".$this->escape_identifiers('CI_subquery')
 				."\nWHERE ".$this->escape_identifiers('CI_rownum').' BETWEEN '.($this->qb_offset + 1).' AND '.$limit;
 		}
 
@@ -223,4 +242,4 @@
 }
 
 /* End of file pdo_dblib_driver.php */
-/* Location: ./system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_dblib_driver.php */
+/* Location: ./system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_dblib_driver.php */
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_sqlsrv_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_sqlsrv_driver.php
index 64be355..33bd7be 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_sqlsrv_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_sqlsrv_driver.php
@@ -245,9 +245,28 @@
 			// We have to strip the ORDER BY clause
 			$sql = trim(substr($sql, 0, strrpos($sql, $orderby)));
 
-			return 'SELECT '.(count($this->qb_select) === 0 ? '*' : implode(', ', $this->qb_select))." FROM (\n"
+			// Get the fields to select from our subquery, so that we can avoid CI_rownum appearing in the actual results
+			if (count($this->qb_select) === 0)
+			{
+				$select = '*'; // Inevitable
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				// Use only field names and their aliases, everything else is out of our scope.
+				$select = array();
+				$field_regexp = ($this->_quoted_identifier)
+					? '("[^\"]+")' : '(\[[^\]]+\])';
+				for ($i = 0, $c = count($this->qb_select); $i < $c; $i++)
+				{
+					$select[] = preg_match('/(?:\s|\.)'.$field_regexp.'$/i', $this->qb_select[$i], $m)
+						? $m[1] : $this->qb_select[$i];
+				}
+				$select = implode(', ', $select);
+			}
+
+			return 'SELECT '.$select." FROM (\n\n"
 				.preg_replace('/^(SELECT( DISTINCT)?)/i', '\\1 ROW_NUMBER() OVER('.trim($orderby).') AS '.$this->escape_identifiers('CI_rownum').', ', $sql)
-				."\n) ".$this->escape_identifiers('CI_subquery')
+				."\n\n) ".$this->escape_identifiers('CI_subquery')
 				."\nWHERE ".$this->escape_identifiers('CI_rownum').' BETWEEN '.($this->qb_offset + 1).' AND '.$limit;
 		}
 
@@ -257,4 +276,4 @@
 }
 
 /* End of file pdo_sqlsrv_driver.php */
-/* Location: ./system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_sqlsrv_driver.php */
+/* Location: ./system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_sqlsrv_driver.php */
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php
index 31a0d9d..8f61522 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php
@@ -440,9 +440,28 @@
 			// We have to strip the ORDER BY clause
 			$sql = trim(substr($sql, 0, strrpos($sql, $orderby)));
 
-			return 'SELECT '.(count($this->qb_select) === 0 ? '*' : implode(', ', $this->qb_select))." FROM (\n"
+			// Get the fields to select from our subquery, so that we can avoid CI_rownum appearing in the actual results
+			if (count($this->qb_select) === 0)
+			{
+				$select = '*'; // Inevitable
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				// Use only field names and their aliases, everything else is out of our scope.
+				$select = array();
+				$field_regexp = ($this->_quoted_identifier)
+					? '("[^\"]+")' : '(\[[^\]]+\])';
+				for ($i = 0, $c = count($this->qb_select); $i < $c; $i++)
+				{
+					$select[] = preg_match('/(?:\s|\.)'.$field_regexp.'$/i', $this->qb_select[$i], $m)
+						? $m[1] : $this->qb_select[$i];
+				}
+				$select = implode(', ', $select);
+			}
+
+			return 'SELECT '.$select." FROM (\n\n"
 				.preg_replace('/^(SELECT( DISTINCT)?)/i', '\\1 ROW_NUMBER() OVER('.trim($orderby).') AS '.$this->escape_identifiers('CI_rownum').', ', $sql)
-				."\n) ".$this->escape_identifiers('CI_subquery')
+				."\n\n) ".$this->escape_identifiers('CI_subquery')
 				."\nWHERE ".$this->escape_identifiers('CI_rownum').' BETWEEN '.($this->qb_offset + 1).' AND '.$limit;
 		}