diff --git a/system/database/DB_driver.php b/system/database/DB_driver.php
index e403efb..a61450d 100644
--- a/system/database/DB_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/DB_driver.php
@@ -77,12 +77,6 @@
 	var $_protect_identifiers	= TRUE;
 	var $_reserved_identifiers	= array('*'); // Identifiers that should NOT be escaped
 
-	// These are use with Oracle
-	var $stmt_id;
-	var $curs_id;
-	var $limit_used;
-	
-
 	/**
 	 * Constructor.  Accepts one parameter containing the database
 	 * connection settings.
@@ -396,21 +390,9 @@
 		}
 
 		// Load and instantiate the result driver
+		$driver		= $this->load_rdriver();
+		$RES		= new $driver($this);
 
-		$driver			= $this->load_rdriver();
-		$RES			= new $driver();
-		$RES->conn_id	= $this->conn_id;
-		$RES->result_id	= $this->result_id;
-
-		if ($this->dbdriver == 'oci8')
-		{
-			$RES->stmt_id		= $this->stmt_id;
-			$RES->curs_id		= NULL;
-			$RES->limit_used	= $this->limit_used;
-			$this->stmt_id		= FALSE;
-		}
-
-		// oci8 vars must be set before calling this
 		$RES->num_rows	= $RES->num_rows();
 
 		// Is query caching enabled?  If so, we'll serialize the
diff --git a/system/database/DB_result.php b/system/database/DB_result.php
index 7304432..61aa561 100644
--- a/system/database/DB_result.php
+++ b/system/database/DB_result.php
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@
 	public $num_rows			= 0;
 	public $row_data			= NULL;
 
+	public function __construct(&$driver_object)
+	{
+		$this->conn_id = $driver_object->conn_id;
+		$this->result_id = $driver_object->result_id;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Query result.  Acts as a wrapper function for the following functions.
 	 *
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_result.php b/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_result.php
index 0f69fa9..383b9f1 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_result.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_result.php
@@ -38,9 +38,18 @@
  */
 class CI_DB_oci8_result extends CI_DB_result {
 
-	var $stmt_id;
-	var $curs_id;
-	var $limit_used;
+	public $stmt_id;
+	public $curs_id;
+	public $limit_used;
+
+	public function __construct(&$driver_object)
+	{
+		parent::__construct($driver_object);
+		$this->stmt_id = $driver_object->stmt_id;
+		$this->curs_id = $driver_object->curs_id;
+		$this->limit_used = $driver_object->limit_used;
+		$driver_object->stmt_id = FALSE;
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Number of rows in the result set.