diff --git a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_driver.php
index fad9539..6ef8372 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_driver.php
@@ -42,29 +42,28 @@
  */
 class CI_DB_postgre_driver extends CI_DB {
 
-	var $dbdriver = 'postgre';
+	public $dbdriver = 'postgre';
 
-	var $_escape_char = '"';
+	protected $_escape_char = '"';
 
 	// clause and character used for LIKE escape sequences
-	var $_like_escape_str = " ESCAPE '%s' ";
-	var $_like_escape_chr = '!';
+	protected $_like_escape_str = " ESCAPE '%s' ";
+	protected $_like_escape_chr = '!';
 
 	/**
 	 * 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.
 	 */
-	var $_count_string = "SELECT COUNT(*) AS ";
-	var $_random_keyword = ' RANDOM()'; // database specific random keyword
+	protected $_count_string = "SELECT COUNT(*) AS ";
+	protected $_random_keyword = ' RANDOM()'; // database specific random keyword
 
 	/**
 	 * Connection String
 	 *
-	 * @access	private
 	 * @return	string
 	 */
-	function _connect_string()
+	protected function _connect_string()
 	{
 		$components = array(
 								'hostname'	=> 'host',
@@ -90,10 +89,9 @@
 	/**
 	 * Non-persistent database connection
 	 *
-	 * @access	private called by the base class
 	 * @return	resource
 	 */
-	function db_connect()
+	protected function db_connect()
 	{
 		return @pg_connect($this->_connect_string());
 	}
@@ -103,10 +101,9 @@
 	/**
 	 * Persistent database connection
 	 *
-	 * @access	private called by the base class
 	 * @return	resource
 	 */
-	function db_pconnect()
+	protected function db_pconnect()
 	{
 		return @pg_pconnect($this->_connect_string());
 	}
@@ -119,10 +116,9 @@
 	 * Keep / reestablish the db connection if no queries have been
 	 * sent for a length of time exceeding the server's idle timeout
 	 *
-	 * @access	public
 	 * @return	void
 	 */
-	function reconnect()
+	public function reconnect()
 	{
 		if (pg_ping($this->conn_id) === FALSE)
 		{
@@ -135,10 +131,9 @@
 	/**
 	 * Select the database
 	 *
-	 * @access	private called by the base class
 	 * @return	resource
 	 */
-	function db_select()
+	protected function db_select()
 	{
 		// Not needed for Postgre so we'll return TRUE
 		return TRUE;
@@ -191,11 +186,10 @@
 	/**
 	 * Execute the query
 	 *
-	 * @access	private called by the base class
 	 * @param	string	an SQL query
 	 * @return	resource
 	 */
-	function _execute($sql)
+	protected function _execute($sql)
 	{
 		return @pg_query($this->conn_id, $sql);
 	}
@@ -264,12 +258,11 @@
 	/**
 	 * Escape String
 	 *
-	 * @access	public
 	 * @param	string
 	 * @param	bool	whether or not the string will be used in a LIKE condition
 	 * @return	string
 	 */
-	function escape_str($str, $like = FALSE)
+	public function escape_str($str, $like = FALSE)
 	{
 		if (is_array($str))
 		{
@@ -299,10 +292,9 @@
 	/**
 	 * Affected Rows
 	 *
-	 * @access	public
 	 * @return	integer
 	 */
-	function affected_rows()
+	public function affected_rows()
 	{
 		return @pg_affected_rows($this->result_id);
 	}
@@ -312,10 +304,9 @@
 	/**
 	 * Insert ID
 	 *
-	 * @access	public
 	 * @return	integer
 	 */
-	function insert_id()
+	public function insert_id()
 	{
 		$v = $this->version();
 
@@ -355,11 +346,10 @@
 	 * Generates a platform-specific query string that counts all records in
 	 * the specified database
 	 *
-	 * @access	public
 	 * @param	string
 	 * @return	string
 	 */
-	function count_all($table = '')
+	public function count_all($table = '')
 	{
 		if ($table == '')
 		{
@@ -384,11 +374,10 @@
 	 *
 	 * Generates a platform-specific query string so that the table names can be fetched
 	 *
-	 * @access	private
 	 * @param	boolean
 	 * @return	string
 	 */
-	function _list_tables($prefix_limit = FALSE)
+	protected function _list_tables($prefix_limit = FALSE)
 	{
 		$sql = "SELECT table_name FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_schema = 'public'";
 
@@ -407,11 +396,10 @@
 	 *
 	 * Generates a platform-specific query string so that the column names can be fetched
 	 *
-	 * @access	public
 	 * @param	string	the table name
 	 * @return	string
 	 */
-	function _list_columns($table = '')
+	public function _list_columns($table = '')
 	{
 		return "SELECT column_name FROM information_schema.columns WHERE table_name ='".$table."'";
 	}
@@ -423,11 +411,10 @@
 	 *
 	 * Generates a platform-specific query so that the column data can be retrieved
 	 *
-	 * @access	public
 	 * @param	string	the table name
 	 * @return	object
 	 */
-	function _field_data($table)
+	public function _field_data($table)
 	{
 		return "SELECT * FROM ".$table." LIMIT 1";
 	}
@@ -454,11 +441,10 @@
 	 *
 	 * This function escapes column and table names
 	 *
-	 * @access	private
 	 * @param	string
 	 * @return	string
 	 */
-	function _escape_identifiers($item)
+	protected function _escape_identifiers($item)
 	{
 		if ($this->_escape_char == '')
 		{
@@ -497,11 +483,10 @@
 	 * This function implicitly groups FROM tables so there is no confusion
 	 * about operator precedence in harmony with SQL standards
 	 *
-	 * @access	public
 	 * @param	type
 	 * @return	type
 	 */
-	function _from_tables($tables)
+	public function _from_tables($tables)
 	{
 		if ( ! is_array($tables))
 		{
@@ -518,13 +503,12 @@
 	 *
 	 * Generates a platform-specific insert string from the supplied data
 	 *
-	 * @access	public
 	 * @param	string	the table name
 	 * @param	array	the insert keys
 	 * @param	array	the insert values
 	 * @return	string
 	 */
-	function _insert($table, $keys, $values)
+	public function _insert($table, $keys, $values)
 	{
 		return "INSERT INTO ".$table." (".implode(', ', $keys).") VALUES (".implode(', ', $values).")";
 	}
@@ -536,13 +520,12 @@
 	 *
 	 * Generates a platform-specific insert string from the supplied data
 	 *
-	 * @access  public
 	 * @param   string  the table name
 	 * @param   array   the insert keys
 	 * @param   array   the insert values
 	 * @return  string
 	 */
-	function _insert_batch($table, $keys, $values)
+	public function _insert_batch($table, $keys, $values)
 	{
 		return "INSERT INTO ".$table." (".implode(', ', $keys).") VALUES ".implode(', ', $values);
 	}
@@ -554,7 +537,6 @@
 	 *
 	 * Generates a platform-specific update string from the supplied data
 	 *
-	 * @access	public
 	 * @param	string	the table name
 	 * @param	array	the update data
 	 * @param	array	the where clause
@@ -562,7 +544,7 @@
 	 * @param	array	the limit clause
 	 * @return	string
 	 */
-	function _update($table, $values, $where, $orderby = array(), $limit = FALSE)
+	public function _update($table, $values, $where, $orderby = array(), $limit = FALSE)
 	{
 		foreach ($values as $key => $val)
 		{
@@ -585,11 +567,10 @@
 	 * If the database does not support the truncate() command
 	 * This function maps to "DELETE FROM table"
 	 *
-	 * @access	public
 	 * @param	string	the table name
 	 * @return	string
 	 */
-	function _truncate($table)
+	public function _truncate($table)
 	{
 		return "TRUNCATE ".$table;
 	}
@@ -601,13 +582,12 @@
 	 *
 	 * Generates a platform-specific delete string from the supplied data
 	 *
-	 * @access	public
 	 * @param	string	the table name
 	 * @param	array	the where clause
 	 * @param	string	the limit clause
 	 * @return	string
 	 */
-	function _delete($table, $where = array(), $like = array(), $limit = FALSE)
+	public function _delete($table, $where = array(), $like = array(), $limit = FALSE)
 	{
 		$conditions = '';
 
@@ -632,13 +612,12 @@
 	 *
 	 * Generates a platform-specific LIMIT clause
 	 *
-	 * @access	public
 	 * @param	string	the sql query string
 	 * @param	integer	the number of rows to limit the query to
 	 * @param	integer	the offset value
 	 * @return	string
 	 */
-	function _limit($sql, $limit, $offset)
+	public function _limit($sql, $limit, $offset)
 	{
 		$sql .= "LIMIT ".$limit;
 
@@ -655,18 +634,14 @@
 	/**
 	 * Close DB Connection
 	 *
-	 * @access	public
 	 * @param	resource
 	 * @return	void
 	 */
-	function _close($conn_id)
+	public function _close($conn_id)
 	{
 		@pg_close($conn_id);
 	}
-
-
 }
 
-
 /* End of file postgre_driver.php */
-/* Location: ./system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_driver.php */
+/* Location: ./system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_driver.php */
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_forge.php
index 5771005..2aa6ee8 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_forge.php
@@ -39,11 +39,10 @@
 	/**
 	 * Create database
 	 *
-	 * @access	private
 	 * @param	string	the database name
 	 * @return	bool
 	 */
-	function _create_database($name)
+	protected function _create_database($name)
 	{
 		return "CREATE DATABASE ".$name;
 	}
@@ -53,11 +52,10 @@
 	/**
 	 * Drop database
 	 *
-	 * @access	private
 	 * @param	string	the database name
 	 * @return	bool
 	 */
-	function _drop_database($name)
+	protected function _drop_database($name)
 	{
 		return "DROP DATABASE ".$name;
 	}
@@ -70,7 +68,7 @@
 	 * @param	mixed	the fields
 	 * @return	string
 	 */
-	function _process_fields($fields, $primary_keys=array())
+	protected function _process_fields($fields, $primary_keys=array())
 	{
 		$sql = '';
 		$current_field_count = 0;
@@ -177,7 +175,6 @@
 	/**
 	 * Create Table
 	 *
-	 * @access	private
 	 * @param	string	the table name
 	 * @param	array	the fields
 	 * @param	mixed	primary key(s)
@@ -185,7 +182,7 @@
 	 * @param	boolean	should 'IF NOT EXISTS' be added to the SQL
 	 * @return	bool
 	 */
-	function _create_table($table, $fields, $primary_keys, $keys, $if_not_exists)
+	protected function _create_table($table, $fields, $primary_keys, $keys, $if_not_exists)
 	{
 		$sql = 'CREATE TABLE ';
 
@@ -241,8 +238,11 @@
 
 	/**
 	 * Drop Table
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	the table name
+	 * @return	string
 	 */
-	function _drop_table($table)
+	protected function _drop_table($table)
 	{
 		return "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ".$this->db->_escape_identifiers($table)." CASCADE";
 	}
@@ -255,7 +255,6 @@
 	 * Generates a platform-specific query so that a table can be altered
 	 * Called by add_column(), drop_column(), and column_alter(),
 	 *
-	 * @access	private
 	 * @param	string	the ALTER type (ADD, DROP, CHANGE)
 	 * @param	string	the column name
 	 * @param	string	the table name
@@ -265,7 +264,7 @@
 	 * @param	string	the field after which we should add the new field
 	 * @return	object
 	 */
- 	function _alter_table($alter_type, $table, $fields, $after_field = '')
+ 	protected function _alter_table($alter_type, $table, $fields, $after_field = '')
  	{
  		$sql = 'ALTER TABLE '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($table).' '.$alter_type.' ';
 
@@ -292,16 +291,15 @@
 	 *
 	 * Generates a platform-specific query so that a table can be renamed
 	 *
-	 * @access	private
 	 * @param	string	the old table name
 	 * @param	string	the new table name
 	 * @return	string
 	 */
-	function _rename_table($table_name, $new_table_name)
+	protected function _rename_table($table_name, $new_table_name)
 	{
 		return 'ALTER TABLE '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($table_name).' RENAME TO '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($new_table_name);
 	}
 }
 
 /* End of file postgre_forge.php */
-/* Location: ./system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_forge.php */
+/* Location: ./system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_forge.php */
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_result.php b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_result.php
index 12d7547..b27afae 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_result.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_result.php
@@ -41,10 +41,9 @@
 	/**
 	 * Number of rows in the result set
 	 *
-	 * @access	public
 	 * @return	integer
 	 */
-	function num_rows()
+	public function num_rows()
 	{
 		return @pg_num_rows($this->result_id);
 	}
@@ -54,10 +53,9 @@
 	/**
 	 * Number of fields in the result set
 	 *
-	 * @access	public
 	 * @return	integer
 	 */
-	function num_fields()
+	public function num_fields()
 	{
 		return @pg_num_fields($this->result_id);
 	}
@@ -69,10 +67,9 @@
 	 *
 	 * Generates an array of column names
 	 *
-	 * @access	public
 	 * @return	array
 	 */
-	function list_fields()
+	public function list_fields()
 	{
 		$field_names = array();
 		for ($i = 0; $i < $this->num_fields(); $i++)
@@ -90,10 +87,9 @@
 	 *
 	 * Generates an array of objects containing field meta-data
 	 *
-	 * @access	public
 	 * @return	array
 	 */
-	function field_data()
+	public function field_data()
 	{
 		$retval = array();
 		for ($i = 0; $i < $this->num_fields(); $i++)
@@ -118,7 +114,7 @@
 	 *
 	 * @return	null
 	 */
-	function free_result()
+	public function free_result()
 	{
 		if (is_resource($this->result_id))
 		{
@@ -136,10 +132,9 @@
 	 * this internally before fetching results to make sure the
 	 * result set starts at zero
 	 *
-	 * @access	private
 	 * @return	array
 	 */
-	function _data_seek($n = 0)
+	protected function _data_seek($n = 0)
 	{
 		return pg_result_seek($this->result_id, $n);
 	}
@@ -151,10 +146,9 @@
 	 *
 	 * Returns the result set as an array
 	 *
-	 * @access	private
 	 * @return	array
 	 */
-	function _fetch_assoc()
+	protected function _fetch_assoc()
 	{
 		return pg_fetch_assoc($this->result_id);
 	}
@@ -166,16 +160,13 @@
 	 *
 	 * Returns the result set as an object
 	 *
-	 * @access	private
 	 * @return	object
 	 */
-	function _fetch_object()
+	protected function _fetch_object()
 	{
 		return pg_fetch_object($this->result_id);
 	}
-
 }
 
-
 /* End of file postgre_result.php */
 /* Location: ./system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_result.php */
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_utility.php b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_utility.php
index e31a6db..cf29201 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_utility.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_utility.php
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 	 * @param	array	Preferences
 	 * @return	mixed
 	 */
-	function _backup($params = array())
+	public function _backup($params = array())
 	{
 		// Currently unsupported
 		return $this->db->display_error('db_unsuported_feature');
@@ -86,4 +86,4 @@
 }
 
 /* End of file postgre_utility.php */
-/* Location: ./system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_utility.php */
+/* Location: ./system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_utility.php */
\ No newline at end of file