diff --git a/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_driver.php
index d4c27fa..1cf063e 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_driver.php
@@ -643,6 +643,34 @@
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	/**
+	 * Insert_batch statement
+	 *
+	 * 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)
+	{
+		$keys = implode(', ', $keys);
+		$sql = "INSERT ALL\n";
+
+		for ($i = 0, $c = count($values); $i < $c; $i++)
+		{
+			$sql .= '	INTO ' . $table . ' (' . $keys . ') VALUES ' . $values[$i] . "\n";
+		}
+
+		$sql .= 'SELECT * FROM dual';
+
+		return $sql;
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
 	 * Update statement
 	 *
 	 * Generates a platform-specific update string from the supplied data
@@ -776,4 +804,4 @@
 
 
 /* End of file oci8_driver.php */
-/* Location: ./system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_driver.php */
\ No newline at end of file
+/* Location: ./system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_driver.php */
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_result.php b/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_result.php
index 88531b4..2713f6f 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_result.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_result.php
@@ -42,15 +42,18 @@
 	 */
 	function num_rows()
 	{
-		$rowcount = count($this->result_array());
-		@ociexecute($this->stmt_id);
-
-		if ($this->curs_id)
+		if ($this->num_rows === 0 && count($this->result_array()) > 0)
 		{
-			@ociexecute($this->curs_id);
+			$this->num_rows = count($this->result_array());
+			@ociexecute($this->stmt_id);
+
+			if ($this->curs_id)
+			{
+				@ociexecute($this->curs_id);
+			}
 		}
 
-		return $rowcount;
+		return $this->num_rows;
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -246,4 +249,4 @@
 
 
 /* End of file oci8_result.php */
-/* Location: ./system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_result.php */
\ No newline at end of file
+/* Location: ./system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_result.php */
diff --git a/user_guide/changelog.html b/user_guide/changelog.html
index b9c1b60..7ff2af2 100644
--- a/user_guide/changelog.html
+++ b/user_guide/changelog.html
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 			<li>
 				Added additional option 'none' for the optional third argument for  <kbd>$this->db->like()</kbd> in the <a href="database/active_record.html">Database Driver</a>.
 			</li>
+			<li>Added <kbd>$this->db->insert_batch()</kbd> support to the OCI8 (Oracle) driver.</li>
 		</ul>
 	</li>
 	<li>Libraries
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@
 	<li>Fixed a bug (#85) - OCI8 (Oracle) database escape_str() function did not escape correct.</li>
 	<li>Fixed a bug (#344) - Using schema found in <a href="libraries/sessions.html">Saving Session Data to a Database</a>, system would throw error "user_data does not have a default value" when deleting then creating a session.</li>
 	<li>Fixed a bug (#112) - OCI8 (Oracle) driver didn't pass the configured database character set when connecting.</li>
+	<li>Fixed a bug (#182) - OCI8 (Oracle) driver used to re-execute the statement whenever num_rows() is called.</li>
 </ul>
 
 <h2>Version 2.0.3</h2>
diff --git a/user_guide/database/forge.html b/user_guide/database/forge.html
index 6b87098..528d1a2 100644
--- a/user_guide/database/forge.html
+++ b/user_guide/database/forge.html
@@ -201,6 +201,10 @@
 $this-&gt;dbforge-&gt;add_column('table_name', $fields);<br />
 <br />
 // gives ALTER TABLE table_name ADD   	preferences TEXT</code></p>
+<p>An optional third parameter can be used to specify which existing column to add the new column after.</p>
+<p><code>
+$this-&gt;dbforge-&gt;add_column('table_name', $fields, 'after_field');
+</code></p>
 <h2>$this-&gt;dbforge-&gt;drop_column()</h2>
 <p>Used to remove a column from a table. </p>
 <p><code>$this-&gt;dbforge-&gt;drop_column('table_name', 'column_to_drop');</code></p>