diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php
index 53f2e55..0ae8d7b 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php
@@ -344,22 +344,45 @@
 	 */
 	protected function _list_columns($table = '')
 	{
-		return "SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Columns WHERE TABLE_NAME = '".$table."'";
+		return "SELECT COLUMN_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Columns WHERE TABLE_NAME = '".$table."'";
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	/**
-	 * Field data query
-	 *
-	 * Generates a platform-specific query so that the column data can be retrieved
+	 * Returns an object with field data
 	 *
 	 * @param	string	$table
-	 * @return	string
+	 * @return	array
 	 */
-	protected function _field_data($table)
+	public function field_data($table = '')
 	{
-		return 'SELECT TOP 1 * FROM '.$this->protect_identifiers($table);
+		if ($table === '')
+		{
+			return ($this->db_debug) ? $this->display_error('db_field_param_missing') : FALSE;
+		}
+
+		$sql = 'SELECT COLUMN_NAME, DATA_TYPE, CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH, NUMERIC_PRECISION, COLUMN_DEFAULT
+			FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Columns
+			WHERE TABLE_NAME = '.$this->escape($table);
+
+		if (($query = $this->query($sql)) === FALSE)
+		{
+			return FALSE;
+		}
+		$query = $query->result_object();
+
+		$retval = array();
+		for ($i = 0, $c = count($query); $i < $c; $i++)
+		{
+			$retval[$i]			= new stdClass();
+			$retval[$i]->name		= $query[$i]->COLUMN_NAME;
+			$retval[$i]->type		= $query[$i]->DATA_TYPE;
+			$retval[$i]->max_length		= ($query[$i]->CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH > 0) ? $query[$i]->NUMERIC_PRECISION : $query[$i]->CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH;
+			$retval[$i]->default		= $query[$i]->COLUMN_DEFAULT;
+		}
+
+		return $retval;
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_result.php b/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_result.php
index c74c70a..a8f850d 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_result.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_result.php
@@ -94,16 +94,14 @@
 	public function field_data()
 	{
 		$retval = array();
-		while ($field = mssql_fetch_field($this->result_id))
+		for ($i = 0, $c = $this->num_field(); $i < $c; $i++)
 		{
-			$F		= new stdClass();
-			$F->name	= $field->name;
-			$F->type	= $field->type;
-			$F->max_length	= $field->max_length;
-			$F->primary_key = 0;
-			$F->default	= '';
+			$field = mssql_fetch_field($this->result_id, $i);
 
-			$retval[] = $F;
+			$retval[$i]		= new stdClass();
+			$retval[$i]->name	= $field->name;
+			$retval[$i]->type	= $field->type;
+			$retval[$i]->max_length	= $field->max_length;
 		}
 
 		return $retval;