diff --git a/system/database/DB_result.php b/system/database/DB_result.php
index ee0b612..399e451 100644
--- a/system/database/DB_result.php
+++ b/system/database/DB_result.php
@@ -156,15 +156,9 @@
 		$this->_data_seek(0);
 		$this->custom_result_object[$class_name] = array();
 
-		while ($row = $this->_fetch_object())
+		while ($row = $this->_fetch_object($class_name))
 		{
-			$object = new $class_name();
-			foreach ($row as $key => $value)
-			{
-				$object->$key = $value;
-			}
-
-			$custom_result_object[$class_name][] = $object;
+			$custom_result_object[$class_name][] = $row;
 		}
 
 		return $this->custom_result_object[$class_name];
@@ -461,11 +455,21 @@
 	/**
 	 * Returns an unbuffered row and move pointer to next row
 	 *
+	 * @param	string	'array', 'object' or a custom class name
 	 * @return	mixed	either a result object or array
 	 */
 	public function unbuffered_row($type = 'object')
 	{
-		return ($type !== 'array') ? $this->_fetch_object() : $this->_fetch_assoc();
+		if ($type === 'array')
+		{
+			return $this->_fetch_assoc();
+		}
+		elseif ($type === 'object')
+		{
+			return $this->_fetch_object();
+		}
+
+		return $this->_fetch_object($type);
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/cubrid/cubrid_result.php b/system/database/drivers/cubrid/cubrid_result.php
index 4c39781..4a06a2d 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/cubrid/cubrid_result.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/cubrid/cubrid_result.php
@@ -160,11 +160,12 @@
 	 *
 	 * Returns the result set as an object
 	 *
+	 * @param	string
 	 * @return	object
 	 */
-	protected function _fetch_object()
+	protected function _fetch_object($class_name = 'stdClass')
 	{
-		return cubrid_fetch_object($this->result_id);
+		return cubrid_fetch_object($this->result_id, $class_name);
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/ibase/ibase_result.php b/system/database/drivers/ibase/ibase_result.php
index fdf7409..95e5571 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/ibase/ibase_result.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/ibase/ibase_result.php
@@ -128,11 +128,25 @@
 	 *
 	 * Returns the result set as an object
 	 *
+	 * @param	string
 	 * @return	object
 	 */
-	protected function _fetch_object()
+	protected function _fetch_object($class_name = 'stdClass')
 	{
-		return @ibase_fetch_object($this->result_id, IBASE_FETCH_BLOBS);
+		$row = @ibase_fetch_object($this->result_id, IBASE_FETCH_BLOBS);
+
+		if ($class_name === 'stdClass' OR ! $row)
+		{
+			return $row;
+		}
+
+		$class_name = new $class_name();
+		foreach ($row as $key => $value)
+		{
+			$class_name->$key = $value;
+		}
+
+		return $class_name;
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_result.php b/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_result.php
index 62996aa..aeede3f 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_result.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_result.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  */
 
 /**
- * MS SQL Result Class
+ * MSSQL Result Class
  *
  * This class extends the parent result class: CI_DB_result
  *
@@ -161,11 +161,25 @@
 	 *
 	 * Returns the result set as an object
 	 *
+	 * @param	string
 	 * @return	object
 	 */
-	protected function _fetch_object()
+	protected function _fetch_object($class_name = 'stdClass')
 	{
-		return mssql_fetch_object($this->result_id);
+		$row = @mssql_fetch_object($this->result_id);
+
+		if ($class_name === 'stdClass' OR ! $row)
+		{
+			return $row;
+		}
+
+		$class_name = new $class_name();
+		foreach ($row as $key => $value)
+		{
+			$class_name->$key = $value;
+		}
+
+		return $class_name;
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_result.php b/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_result.php
index a75cfad..7fbb654 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_result.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_result.php
@@ -176,11 +176,12 @@
 	 *
 	 * Returns the result set as an object
 	 *
+	 * @param	string
 	 * @return	object
 	 */
-	protected function _fetch_object()
+	protected function _fetch_object($class_name = 'stdClass')
 	{
-		return mysql_fetch_object($this->result_id);
+		return mysql_fetch_object($this->result_id, $class_name);
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_result.php b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_result.php
index bf96ed9..c1ec4da 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_result.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_result.php
@@ -160,11 +160,12 @@
 	 *
 	 * Returns the result set as an object
 	 *
+	 * @param	string
 	 * @return	object
 	 */
-	protected function _fetch_object()
+	protected function _fetch_object($class_name = 'stdClass')
 	{
-		return $this->result_id->fetch_object();
+		return $this->result_id->fetch_object($class_name);
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_result.php b/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_result.php
index faa295e..a2b600e 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_result.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_result.php
@@ -167,12 +167,27 @@
 	 *
 	 * Returns the result set as an object
 	 *
+	 * @param	string
 	 * @return	object
 	 */
-	protected function _fetch_object()
+	protected function _fetch_object($class_name = 'stdClass')
 	{
-		$id = ($this->curs_id) ? $this->curs_id : $this->stmt_id;
-		return oci_fetch_object($id);
+		$row = ($this->curs_id)
+			? oci_fetch_object($this->curs_id)
+			: oci_fetch_object($this->stmt_id);
+
+		if ($class_name === 'stdClass' OR ! $row)
+		{
+			return $row;
+		}
+
+		$class_name = new $class_name();
+		foreach ($row as $key => $value)
+		{
+			$class_name->$key = $value;
+		}
+
+		return $class_name;
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_result.php b/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_result.php
index 1d998be..48dc48d 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_result.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_result.php
@@ -165,11 +165,25 @@
 	 *
 	 * Returns the result set as an object
 	 *
+	 * @param	string
 	 * @return	object
 	 */
-	protected function _fetch_object()
+	protected function _fetch_object($class_name = 'stdClass')
 	{
-		return odbc_fetch_object($this->result_id);
+		$row = odbc_fetch_object($this->result_id);
+
+		if ($class_name === 'stdClass' OR ! $row)
+		{
+			return $row;
+		}
+
+		$class_name = new $class_name();
+		foreach ($row as $key => $value)
+		{
+			$class_name->$key = $value;
+		}
+
+		return $class_name;
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_result.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_result.php
index b45e741..4444069 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_result.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_result.php
@@ -205,11 +205,12 @@
 	 *
 	 * Returns the result set as an object
 	 *
+	 * @param	string
 	 * @return	object
 	 */
-	protected function _fetch_object()
+	protected function _fetch_object($class_name = 'stdClass')
 	{
-		return $this->result_id->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ);
+		return $this->result_id->fetchObject($class_name);
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_result.php b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_result.php
index 515acd2..eb9d647 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_result.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_result.php
@@ -159,11 +159,12 @@
 	 *
 	 * Returns the result set as an object
 	 *
+	 * @param	string
 	 * @return	object
 	 */
-	protected function _fetch_object()
+	protected function _fetch_object($class_name = 'stdClass')
 	{
-		return pg_fetch_object($this->result_id);
+		return pg_fetch_object($this->result_id, NULL, $class_name);
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/sqlite/sqlite_result.php b/system/database/drivers/sqlite/sqlite_result.php
index 307dec5..eef9787 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/sqlite/sqlite_result.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/sqlite/sqlite_result.php
@@ -143,17 +143,12 @@
 	 *
 	 * Returns the result set as an object
 	 *
+	 * @param	string
 	 * @return	object
 	 */
-	protected function _fetch_object()
+	protected function _fetch_object($class_name = 'stdClass')
 	{
-		if (function_exists('sqlite_fetch_object'))
-		{
-			return sqlite_fetch_object($this->result_id);
-		}
-
-		$arr = sqlite_fetch_array($this->result_id, SQLITE_ASSOC);
-		return is_array($arr) ? (object) $arr : FALSE;
+		return sqlite_fetch_object($this->result_id, $class_name);
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/sqlite3/sqlite3_result.php b/system/database/drivers/sqlite3/sqlite3_result.php
index 4d59bb0..8e9b9c1 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/sqlite3/sqlite3_result.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/sqlite3/sqlite3_result.php
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@
  */
 
 /**
- * SQLite Result Class
+ * SQLite3 Result Class
  *
  * This class extends the parent result class: CI_DB_result
  *
  * @category	Database
- * @author	Andrey Andreev
- * @link	http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/database/
+ * @author		Andrey Andreev
+ * @link		http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/database/
  * @since	3.0
  */
 class CI_DB_sqlite3_result extends CI_DB_result {
@@ -134,13 +134,28 @@
 	 *
 	 * Returns the result set as an object
 	 *
+	 * @param	string
 	 * @return	object
 	 */
-	protected function _fetch_object()
+	protected function _fetch_object($class_name = 'stdClass')
 	{
-		// No native support for fetching as an object
-		$row = $this->_fetch_assoc();
-		return ($row !== FALSE) ? (object) $row : FALSE;
+		// No native support for fetching rows as objects
+		if (($row = $this->result_id->fetchArray(SQLITE3_ASSOC)) === FALSE)
+		{
+			return FALSE;
+		}
+		elseif ($class_name === 'stdClass')
+		{
+			return (object) $row;
+		}
+
+		$class_name = new $class_name();
+		foreach (array_keys($row) as $key)
+		{
+			$class_name->$key = $row[$key];
+		}
+
+		return $class_name;
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_result.php b/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_result.php
index d469ff4..fb7a686 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_result.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_result.php
@@ -145,11 +145,12 @@
 	 *
 	 * Returns the result set as an object
 	 *
+	 * @param	string
 	 * @return	object
 	 */
-	protected function _fetch_object()
+	protected function _fetch_object($class_name = 'stdClass')
 	{
-		return sqlsrv_fetch_object($this->result_id);
+		return sqlsrv_fetch_object($this->result_id, $class_name);
 	}
 
 }