diff --git a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_driver.php
index 8112cf9..ab561ad 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_driver.php
@@ -57,29 +57,64 @@
 	protected $_random_keyword = ' RANDOM()'; // database specific random keyword
 
 	/**
-	 * Connection String
+	 * Constructor
 	 *
-	 * @return	string
+	 * Creates a DSN string to be used for db_connect() and db_pconnect()
+	 *
+	 * @return	void
 	 */
-	protected function _connect_string()
+	public function __construct($params)
 	{
-		$components = array(
-								'hostname'	=> 'host',
-								'port'		=> 'port',
-								'database'	=> 'dbname',
-								'username'	=> 'user',
-								'password'	=> 'password'
-							);
+		parent::__construct($params);
 
-		$connect_string = "";
-		foreach ($components as $key => $val)
+		if ( ! empty($this->dsn))
 		{
-			if (isset($this->$key) && $this->$key != '')
+			return;
+		}
+
+		$this->dsn === '' OR $this->dsn = '';
+
+		if (strpos($this->hostname, '/') !== FALSE)
+		{
+			// If UNIX sockets are used, we shouldn't set a port
+			$this->port = '';
+		}
+
+		$this->hostname === '' OR $this->dsn = 'host='.$this->hostname;
+
+		if ( ! empty($this->port) && ctype_digit($this->port))
+		{
+			$this->dsn .= 'host='.$this->port.' ';
+		}
+
+		if ($this->username !== '')
+		{
+			$this->dsn .= 'username='.$this->username.' ';
+
+			/* An empty password is valid!
+			 *
+			 * $db['password'] = NULL must be done in order to ignore it.
+			 */
+			$this->password === NULL OR $this->dsn .= "password='".$this->password."' ";
+		}
+
+		$this->database === '' OR $this->dsn .= 'dbname='.$this->database.' ';
+
+		/* We don't have these options as elements in our standard configuration
+		 * array, but they might be set by parse_url() if the configuration was
+		 * provided via string. Example:
+		 *
+		 * postgre://username:password@localhost:5432/database?connect_timeout=5&sslmode=1
+		 */
+		foreach (array('connect_timeout', 'options', 'sslmode', 'service') as $key)
+		{
+			if (isset($this->$key) && is_string($this->key) && $this->key !== '')
 			{
-				$connect_string .= " $val=".$this->$key;
+				$this->dsn .= $key."='".$this->key."' ";
 			}
 		}
-		return trim($connect_string);
+
+		$this->dsn = rtrim($this->dsn);
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -91,7 +126,7 @@
 	 */
 	public function db_connect()
 	{
-		return @pg_connect($this->_connect_string());
+		return @pg_connect($this->dsn);
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -103,7 +138,7 @@
 	 */
 	public function db_pconnect()
 	{
-		return @pg_pconnect($this->_connect_string());
+		return @pg_pconnect($this->dsn);
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -142,8 +177,8 @@
 	/**
 	 * Set client character set
 	 *
-	 * @param       string
-	 * @return      bool
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	bool
 	 */
 	protected function _db_set_charset($charset)
 	{
@@ -189,8 +224,7 @@
 	 */
 	protected function _execute($sql)
 	{
-		$sql = $this->_prep_query($sql);
-		return @pg_query($this->conn_id, $sql);
+		return @pg_query($this->conn_id, $this->_prep_query($sql));
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -213,6 +247,7 @@
 	/**
 	 * Begin Transaction
 	 *
+	 * @param	bool
 	 * @return	bool
 	 */
 	public function trans_begin($test_mode = FALSE)
@@ -228,7 +263,7 @@
 		// even if the queries produce a successful result.
 		$this->_trans_failure = ($test_mode === TRUE);
 
-		return @pg_query($this->conn_id, 'BEGIN');
+		return (bool) @pg_query($this->conn_id, 'BEGIN');
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -246,7 +281,7 @@
 			return TRUE;
 		}
 
-		return @pg_query($this->conn_id, 'COMMIT');
+		return (bool) @pg_query($this->conn_id, 'COMMIT');
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -264,7 +299,7 @@
 			return TRUE;
 		}
 
-		return @pg_query($this->conn_id, 'ROLLBACK');
+		return (bool) @pg_query($this->conn_id, 'ROLLBACK');
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -322,34 +357,41 @@
 	 */
 	public function insert_id()
 	{
-		$v = $this->version();
+		$v = pg_version($this->conn_id);
+		$v = isset($v['server']) ? $v['server'] : 0; // 'server' key is only available since PosgreSQL 7.4
 
-		$table	= func_num_args() > 0 ? func_get_arg(0) : NULL;
-		$column	= func_num_args() > 1 ? func_get_arg(1) : NULL;
+		$table	= (func_num_args() > 0) ? func_get_arg(0) : NULL;
+		$column	= (func_num_args() > 1) ? func_get_arg(1) : NULL;
 
 		if ($table == NULL && $v >= '8.1')
 		{
-			$sql='SELECT LASTVAL() as ins_id';
-		}
-		elseif ($table != NULL && $column != NULL && $v >= '8.0')
-		{
-			$sql = sprintf("SELECT pg_get_serial_sequence('%s','%s') as seq", $table, $column);
-			$query = $this->query($sql);
-			$row = $query->row();
-			$sql = sprintf("SELECT CURRVAL('%s') as ins_id", $row->seq);
+			$sql = 'SELECT LASTVAL() AS ins_id';
 		}
 		elseif ($table != NULL)
 		{
-			// seq_name passed in table parameter
-			$sql = sprintf("SELECT CURRVAL('%s') as ins_id", $table);
+			if ($column != NULL && $v >= '8.0')
+			{
+				$sql = 'SELECT pg_get_serial_sequence(\''.$table."', '".$column."') AS seq";
+				$query = $this->query($sql);
+				$query = $query->row();
+				$seq = $query->seq;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				// seq_name passed in table parameter
+				$seq = $table;
+			}
+
+			$sql = 'SELECT CURRVAL(\''.$seq."') AS ins_id";
 		}
 		else
 		{
 			return pg_last_oid($this->result_id);
 		}
+
 		$query = $this->query($sql);
-		$row = $query->row();
-		return $row->ins_id;
+		$query = $query->row();
+		return (int) $query->ins_id;
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -376,9 +418,9 @@
 			return 0;
 		}
 
-		$row = $query->row();
+		$query = $query->row();
 		$this->_reset_select();
-		return (int) $row->numrows;
+		return (int) $query->numrows;
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -395,9 +437,9 @@
 	{
 		$sql = "SELECT table_name FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_schema = 'public'";
 
-		if ($prefix_limit !== FALSE AND $this->dbprefix != '')
+		if ($prefix_limit !== FALSE && $this->dbprefix != '')
 		{
-			$sql .= " AND table_name LIKE '".$this->escape_like_str($this->dbprefix)."%' ".sprintf($this->_like_escape_str, $this->_like_escape_chr);
+			return $sql." AND table_name LIKE '".$this->escape_like_str($this->dbprefix)."%' ".sprintf($this->_like_escape_str, $this->_like_escape_chr);
 		}
 
 		return $sql;
@@ -415,7 +457,7 @@
 	 */
 	protected function _list_columns($table = '')
 	{
-		return "SELECT column_name FROM information_schema.columns WHERE table_name ='".$table."'";
+		return "SELECT column_name FROM information_schema.columns WHERE table_name = '".$table."'";
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -426,11 +468,11 @@
 	 * Generates a platform-specific query so that the column data can be retrieved
 	 *
 	 * @param	string	the table name
-	 * @return	object
+	 * @return	string
 	 */
 	protected function _field_data($table)
 	{
-		return "SELECT * FROM ".$table." LIMIT 1";
+		return 'SELECT * FROM '.$table.' LIMIT 1';
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -469,24 +511,20 @@
 		{
 			if (strpos($item, '.'.$id) !== FALSE)
 			{
-				$str = $this->_escape_char. str_replace('.', $this->_escape_char.'.', $item);
+				$item = str_replace('.', $this->_escape_char.'.', $item);
 
 				// remove duplicates if the user already included the escape
-				return preg_replace('/['.$this->_escape_char.']+/', $this->_escape_char, $str);
+				return preg_replace('/['.$this->_escape_char.']+/', $this->_escape_char, $this->_escape_char.$item);
 			}
 		}
 
 		if (strpos($item, '.') !== FALSE)
 		{
-			$str = $this->_escape_char.str_replace('.', $this->_escape_char.'.'.$this->_escape_char, $item).$this->_escape_char;
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			$str = $this->_escape_char.$item.$this->_escape_char;
+			$item = str_replace('.', $this->_escape_char.'.'.$this->_escape_char, $item);
 		}
 
 		// remove duplicates if the user already included the escape
-		return preg_replace('/['.$this->_escape_char.']+/', $this->_escape_char, $str);
+		return preg_replace('/['.$this->_escape_char.']+/', $this->_escape_char, $this->_escape_char.$item.$this->_escape_char);
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -524,7 +562,7 @@
 	 */
 	protected function _insert($table, $keys, $values)
 	{
-		return "INSERT INTO ".$table." (".implode(', ', $keys).") VALUES (".implode(', ', $values).")";
+		return 'INSERT INTO '.$table.' ('.implode(', ', $keys).') VALUES ('.implode(', ', $values).')';
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -541,7 +579,7 @@
 	 */
 	protected function _insert_batch($table, $keys, $values)
 	{
-		return "INSERT INTO ".$table." (".implode(', ', $keys).") VALUES ".implode(', ', $values);
+		return 'INSERT INTO '.$table.' ('.implode(', ', $keys).') VALUES '.implode(', ', $values);
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -562,14 +600,13 @@
 	{
 		foreach ($values as $key => $val)
 		{
-			$valstr[] = $key." = ".$val;
+			$valstr[] = $key.' = '.$val;
 		}
 
-		$sql = "UPDATE ".$table." SET ".implode(', ', $valstr);
-
-		$sql .= ($where != '' AND count($where) >=1) ? " WHERE ".implode(" ", $where) : '';
-
-		return $sql;
+		return 'UPDATE '.$table.' SET '.implode(', ', $valstr)
+			.(($where != '' && count($where) > 0) ? ' WHERE '.implode(' ', $where) : '')
+			.(count($orderby) > 0 ? ' ORDER BY '.implode(', ', $orderby) : '')
+			.( ! $limit ? '' : ' LIMIT '.$limit);
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -586,7 +623,7 @@
 	 */
 	protected function _truncate($table)
 	{
-		return "TRUNCATE ".$table;
+		return 'TRUNCATE '.$table;
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -603,21 +640,18 @@
 	 */
 	protected function _delete($table, $where = array(), $like = array(), $limit = FALSE)
 	{
-		$conditions = '';
-
 		if (count($where) > 0 OR count($like) > 0)
 		{
-			$conditions = "\nWHERE ";
-			$conditions .= implode("\n", $this->ar_where);
-
-			if (count($where) > 0 && count($like) > 0)
-			{
-				$conditions .= " AND ";
-			}
-			$conditions .= implode("\n", $like);
+			$conditions = "\nWHERE ".implode("\n", $this->ar_where)
+					.((count($where) > 0 && count($like) > 0) ? ' AND ' : '')
+					.implode("\n", $like);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			$conditions = '';
 		}
 
-		return "DELETE FROM ".$table.$conditions;
+		return 'DELETE FROM '.$table.$conditions;
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -633,14 +667,7 @@
 	 */
 	protected function _limit($sql, $limit, $offset)
 	{
-		$sql .= "LIMIT ".$limit;
-
-		if ($offset > 0)
-		{
-			$sql .= " OFFSET ".$offset;
-		}
-
-		return $sql;
+		return $sql.' LIMIT '.$limit.($offset == 0 ? '' : ' OFFSET '.$offset);
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_forge.php
index 2a8fdd6..c98116a 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_forge.php
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@
 	 * Create database
 	 *
 	 * @param	string	the database name
-	 * @return	bool
+	 * @return	string
 	 */
 	public function _create_database($name)
 	{
-		return "CREATE DATABASE ".$name;
+		return 'CREATE DATABASE '.$name;
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@
 	 * Drop database
 	 *
 	 * @param	string	the database name
-	 * @return	bool
+	 * @return	string
 	 */
 	public function _drop_database($name)
 	{
-		return "DROP DATABASE ".$name;
+		return 'DROP DATABASE '.$name;
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 	 * @param	mixed	the fields
 	 * @return	string
 	 */
-	protected function _process_fields($fields, $primary_keys=array())
+	protected function _process_fields($fields, $primary_keys = array())
 	{
 		$sql = '';
 		$current_field_count = 0;
@@ -78,15 +78,14 @@
 			// entered the field information, so we'll simply add it to the list
 			if (is_numeric($field))
 			{
-				$sql .= "\n\t$attributes";
+				$sql .= "\n\t".$attributes;
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				$attributes = array_change_key_case($attributes, CASE_UPPER);
-
 				$sql .= "\n\t".$this->db->protect_identifiers($field);
 
-				$is_unsigned = (array_key_exists('UNSIGNED', $attributes) && $attributes['UNSIGNED'] === TRUE);
+				$attributes = array_change_key_case($attributes, CASE_UPPER);
+				$is_unsigned = ( ! empty($attributes['UNSIGNED']) && $attributes['UNSIGNED'] === TRUE);
 
 				// Convert datatypes to be PostgreSQL-compatible
 				switch (strtoupper($attributes['TYPE']))
@@ -118,44 +117,24 @@
 					case 'BLOB':
 						$attributes['TYPE'] = 'BYTEA';
 						break;
+					default:
+						break;
 				}
 
 				// If this is an auto-incrementing primary key, use the serial data type instead
-				if (in_array($field, $primary_keys) && array_key_exists('AUTO_INCREMENT', $attributes) 
-					&& $attributes['AUTO_INCREMENT'] === TRUE)
-				{
-					$sql .= ' SERIAL';
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					$sql .=  ' '.$attributes['TYPE'];
-				}
+				$sql .= (in_array($field, $primary_keys) && ! empty($attributes['AUTO_INCREMENT']) && $attributes['AUTO_INCREMENT'] === TRUE)
+					? ' SERIAL' : ' '.$attributes['TYPE'];
 
 				// Modified to prevent constraints with integer data types
-				if (array_key_exists('CONSTRAINT', $attributes) && strpos($attributes['TYPE'], 'INT') === false)
+				if ( ! empty($attributes['CONSTRAINT']) && strpos($attributes['TYPE'], 'INT') === FALSE)
 				{
 					$sql .= '('.$attributes['CONSTRAINT'].')';
 				}
 
-				if (array_key_exists('DEFAULT', $attributes))
-				{
-					$sql .= ' DEFAULT \''.$attributes['DEFAULT'].'\'';
-				}
-
-				if (array_key_exists('NULL', $attributes) && $attributes['NULL'] === TRUE)
-				{
-					$sql .= ' NULL';
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					$sql .= ' NOT NULL';
-				}
-
-				// Added new attribute to create unqite fields. Also works with MySQL
-				if (array_key_exists('UNIQUE', $attributes) && $attributes['UNIQUE'] === TRUE)
-				{
-					$sql .= ' UNIQUE';
-				}
+				$sql .= (isset($attributes['DEFAULT']) ? " DEFAULT '".$attributes['DEFAULT']."'" : '')
+					.(( ! empty($attributes['NULL']) && $attributes['NULL'] === TRUE) ? ' NULL' : ' NOT NULL')
+					// Added new attribute to create unqite fields. Also works with MySQL
+					.(( ! empty($attributes['UNIQUE']) && $attributes['UNIQUE'] === TRUE) ? ' UNIQUE' : '');
 			}
 
 			// don't add a comma on the end of the last field
@@ -193,8 +172,7 @@
 			}
 		}
 
-		$sql .= $this->db->_escape_identifiers($table)." (";
-		$sql .= $this->_process_fields($fields, $primary_keys);
+		$sql .= $this->db->protect_identifiers($table).' ('.$this->_process_fields($fields, $primary_keys);
 
 		if (count($primary_keys) > 0)
 		{
@@ -204,7 +182,7 @@
 				$primary_keys[$index] = $this->db->protect_identifiers($key);
 			}
 
-			$sql .= ",\n\tPRIMARY KEY (" . implode(', ', $primary_keys) . ")";
+			$sql .= ",\n\tPRIMARY KEY (".implode(', ', $primary_keys).')';
 		}
 
 		$sql .= "\n);";
@@ -224,7 +202,7 @@
 
 				foreach ($key as $field)
 				{
-					$sql .= "CREATE INDEX " . $table . "_" . str_replace(array('"', "'"), '', $field) . "_index ON $table ($field); ";
+					$sql .= 'CREATE INDEX '.$table.'_'.str_replace(array('"', "'"), '', $field).'_index ON '.$table.' ('.$field.'); ';
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -237,11 +215,12 @@
 	/**
 	 * Drop Table
 	 *
+	 * @param	string	table name
 	 * @return	string
 	 */
 	public function _drop_table($table)
 	{
-		return "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ".$this->db->_escape_identifiers($table)." CASCADE";
+		return 'DROP TABLE IF EXISTS '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($table).' CASCADE';
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -257,7 +236,7 @@
 	 * @param	string	the table name
 	 * @param	string	the column definition
 	 * @param	string	the default value
-	 * @param	boolean	should 'NOT NULL' be added
+	 * @param	bool	should 'NOT NULL' be added
 	 * @param	string	the field after which we should add the new field
 	 * @return	string
 	 */
@@ -266,19 +245,13 @@
  		$sql = 'ALTER TABLE '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($table).' '.$alter_type.' ';
 
  		// DROP has everything it needs now.
- 		if ($alter_type == 'DROP')
+ 		if ($alter_type === 'DROP')
  		{
  			return $sql.$this->db->protect_identifiers($fields);
  		}
 
- 		$sql .= $this->_process_fields($fields);
-
- 		if ($after_field != '')
- 		{
- 			return $sql.' AFTER '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($after_field);
- 		}
-
- 		return $sql;
+ 		return $sql.$this->_process_fields($fields)
+			.($after_field != '' ? ' AFTER '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($after_field) : '');
  	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -296,6 +269,7 @@
 	{
 		return 'ALTER TABLE '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($table_name).' RENAME TO '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($new_table_name);
 	}
+
 }
 
 /* End of file postgre_forge.php */
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_result.php b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_result.php
index b3eafb8..20c575f 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_result.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_result.php
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 	public function list_fields()
 	{
 		$field_names = array();
-		for ($i = 0; $i < $this->num_fields(); $i++)
+		for ($i = 0, $c = $this->num_fields(); $i < $c; $i++)
 		{
 			$field_names[] = pg_field_name($this->result_id, $i);
 		}
@@ -90,16 +90,14 @@
 	public function field_data()
 	{
 		$retval = array();
-		for ($i = 0; $i < $this->num_fields(); $i++)
+		for ($i = 0, $c = $this->num_fields(); $i < $c; $i++)
 		{
-			$F				= new stdClass();
-			$F->name		= pg_field_name($this->result_id, $i);
-			$F->type		= pg_field_type($this->result_id, $i);
-			$F->max_length	= pg_field_size($this->result_id, $i);
-			$F->primary_key = 0;
-			$F->default		= '';
-
-			$retval[] = $F;
+			$retval[$i]			= new stdClass();
+			$retval[$i]->name		= pg_field_name($this->result_id, $i);
+			$retval[$i]->type		= pg_field_type($this->result_id, $i);
+			$retval[$i]->max_length		= pg_field_size($this->result_id, $i);
+			$retval[$i]->primary_key	= 0;
+			$retval[$i]->default		= '';
 		}
 
 		return $retval;
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_utility.php b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_utility.php
index e31a6db..d2c0079 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_utility.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_utility.php
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 	 * @param	array	Preferences
 	 * @return	mixed
 	 */
-	function _backup($params = array())
+	public function _backup($params = array())
 	{
 		// Currently unsupported
 		return $this->db->display_error('db_unsuported_feature');