diff --git a/src/ORM/Connect/PDOConnector.php b/src/ORM/Connect/PDOConnector.php
index 880621423..c26cc02bb 100644
--- a/src/ORM/Connect/PDOConnector.php
+++ b/src/ORM/Connect/PDOConnector.php
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class PDOConnector extends DBConnector implements TransactionManager
      * one exists for the given query
      *
      * @param string $sql
-     * @return PDOStatement
+     * @return PDOStatementHandle|false
      */
     public function getOrPrepareStatement($sql)
     {
@@ -113,11 +113,14 @@ class PDOConnector extends DBConnector implements TransactionManager
             array(PDO::ATTR_CURSOR => PDO::CURSOR_FWDONLY)
         );
 
+        // Wrap in a PDOStatementHandle, to cache column metadata
+        $statementHandle = ($statement === false) ? false : new PDOStatementHandle($statement);
+
         // Only cache select statements
         if (preg_match('/^(\s*)select\b/i', $sql)) {
-            $this->cachedStatements[$sql] = $statement;
+            $this->cachedStatements[$sql] = $statementHandle;
         }
-        return $statement;
+        return $statementHandle;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -214,7 +217,10 @@ class PDOConnector extends DBConnector implements TransactionManager
                 $options[PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CA] = $parameters['ssl_ca'];
             }
             // use default cipher if not provided
-            $options[PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CIPHER] = array_key_exists('ssl_cipher', $parameters) ? $parameters['ssl_cipher'] : self::config()->get('ssl_cipher_default');
+            $options[PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CIPHER] =
+                array_key_exists('ssl_cipher', $parameters) ?
+                $parameters['ssl_cipher'] :
+                self::config()->get('ssl_cipher_default');
         }
 
         if (static::config()->get('legacy_types')) {
@@ -328,7 +334,11 @@ class PDOConnector extends DBConnector implements TransactionManager
         $statement = $this->pdoConnection->query($sql);
 
         // Generate results
-        return $this->prepareResults($statement, $errorLevel, $sql);
+        if ($statement === false) {
+            $this->databaseError($this->getLastError(), $errorLevel, $sql);
+        } else {
+            return $this->prepareResults(new PDOStatementHandle($statement), $errorLevel, $sql);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -395,52 +405,49 @@ class PDOConnector extends DBConnector implements TransactionManager
     {
         $this->beforeQuery($sql);
 
-        // Prepare statement
-        $statement = $this->getOrPrepareStatement($sql);
+        // Fetch cached statement, or create it
+        $statementHandle = $this->getOrPrepareStatement($sql);
 
-        // Bind and invoke statement safely
-        if ($statement) {
-            $this->bindParameters($statement, $parameters);
-            $statement->execute($parameters);
+        // Error handling
+        if ($statementHandle === false) {
+            $this->databaseError($this->getLastError(), $errorLevel, $sql, $this->parameterValues($parameters));
+            return null;
         }
 
+        // Bind parameters
+        $this->bindParameters($statementHandle->getPDOStatement(), $parameters);
+        $statementHandle->execute($parameters);
+
         // Generate results
-        return $this->prepareResults($statement, $errorLevel, $sql);
+        return $this->prepareResults($statementHandle, $errorLevel, $sql);
     }
 
     /**
      * Given a PDOStatement that has just been executed, generate results
      * and report any errors
      *
-     * @param PDOStatement $statement
+     * @param PDOStatementHandle $statement
      * @param int $errorLevel
      * @param string $sql
      * @param array $parameters
      * @return PDOQuery
      */
-    protected function prepareResults($statement, $errorLevel, $sql, $parameters = array())
+    protected function prepareResults(PDOStatementHandle $statement, $errorLevel, $sql, $parameters = array())
     {
 
-        // Record row-count and errors of last statement
+        // Catch error
         if ($this->hasError($statement)) {
             $this->lastStatementError = $statement->errorInfo();
-        } elseif ($statement) {
-            // Count and return results
-            $this->rowCount = $statement->rowCount();
-            return new PDOQuery($statement);
-        }
-
-        // Ensure statement is closed
-        if ($statement) {
             $statement->closeCursor();
+
+            $this->databaseError($this->getLastError(), $errorLevel, $sql, $this->parameterValues($parameters));
+
+            return null;
         }
 
-        // Report any errors
-        if ($parameters) {
-            $parameters = $this->parameterValues($parameters);
-        }
-        $this->databaseError($this->getLastError(), $errorLevel, $sql, $parameters);
-        return null;
+        // Count and return results
+        $this->rowCount = $statement->rowCount();
+        return new PDOQuery($statement);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/ORM/Connect/PDOQuery.php b/src/ORM/Connect/PDOQuery.php
index 61232bcdd..718fd6f8b 100644
--- a/src/ORM/Connect/PDOQuery.php
+++ b/src/ORM/Connect/PDOQuery.php
@@ -2,82 +2,30 @@
 
 namespace SilverStripe\ORM\Connect;
 
-use PDOStatement;
-use PDO;
-
 /**
  * A result-set from a PDO database.
  */
 class PDOQuery extends Query
 {
     /**
-     * The internal MySQL handle that points to the result set.
-     * @var PDOStatement
+     * @var array
      */
-    protected $statement = null;
-
     protected $results = null;
 
-    protected static $type_mapping = [
-        // PGSQL
-        'float8' => 'float',
-        'float16' => 'float',
-        'numeric' => 'float',
-
-        // MySQL
-        'NEWDECIMAL' => 'float',
-
-        // SQlite
-        'integer' => 'int',
-        'double' => 'float',
-    ];
-
     /**
      * Hook the result-set given into a Query class, suitable for use by SilverStripe.
      * @param PDOStatement $statement The internal PDOStatement containing the results
      */
-    public function __construct(PDOStatement $statement)
+    public function __construct(PDOStatementHandle $statement)
     {
-        $this->statement = $statement;
         // Since no more than one PDOStatement for any one connection can be safely
         // traversed, each statement simply requests all rows at once for safety.
         // This could be re-engineered to call fetchAll on an as-needed basis
 
-        $this->results = $this->typeCorrectedFetchAll($statement);
-
+        $this->results = $statement->typeCorrectedFetchAll();
         $statement->closeCursor();
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Fetch a record form the statement with its type data corrected
-     * Returns data as an array of maps
-     * @return array
-     */
-    protected function typeCorrectedFetchAll($statement)
-    {
-        $columnCount = $statement->columnCount();
-        $columnMeta = [];
-        for ($i = 0; $i<$columnCount; $i++) {
-            $columnMeta[$i] = $statement->getColumnMeta($i);
-        }
-
-        // Re-map fetched data using columnMeta
-        return array_map(
-            function ($rowArray) use ($columnMeta) {
-                $row = [];
-                foreach ($columnMeta as $i => $meta) {
-                    // Coerce any column types that aren't correctly retrieved from the database
-                    if (isset($meta['native_type']) && isset(self::$type_mapping[$meta['native_type']])) {
-                        settype($rowArray[$i], self::$type_mapping[$meta['native_type']]);
-                    }
-                    $row[$meta['name']] = $rowArray[$i];
-                }
-                return $row;
-            },
-            $statement->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_NUM)
-        );
-    }
-
     public function seek($row)
     {
         $this->rowNum = $row - 1;
diff --git a/src/ORM/Connect/PDOStatementHandle.php b/src/ORM/Connect/PDOStatementHandle.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..259e71091
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ORM/Connect/PDOStatementHandle.php
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace SilverStripe\ORM\Connect;
+
+use PDO;
+use PDOStatement;
+
+/**
+ * A handle to a PDOStatement, with cached column metadata, and type conversion
+ *
+ * Column metadata can't be fetched from a native PDOStatement after multiple calls in some DB backends,
+ * so we wrap in this handle object, which also takes care of tidying up content types to keep in line
+ * with the SilverStripe 4.4+ type expectations.
+ */
+class PDOStatementHandle
+{
+
+    /**
+     * The statement to provide a handle to
+     *
+     * @var PDOStatement
+     */
+    private $statement;
+
+    /**
+     * Cached column metadata
+     *
+     * @var array
+     */
+    private $columnMeta = null;
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new handle.
+     *
+     * @param $statement The statement to provide a handle to
+     */
+    public function __construct(PDOStatement $statement)
+    {
+        $this->statement = $statement;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Mapping of PDO-reported "native types" to PHP types
+     */
+    protected static $type_mapping = [
+        // PGSQL
+        'float8' => 'float',
+        'float16' => 'float',
+        'numeric' => 'float',
+
+        // MySQL
+        'NEWDECIMAL' => 'float',
+
+        // SQlite
+        'integer' => 'int',
+        'double' => 'float',
+    ];
+
+    /**
+     * Fetch a record form the statement with its type data corrected
+     * Returns data as an array of maps
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function typeCorrectedFetchAll()
+    {
+        if ($this->columnMeta === null) {
+            $columnCount = $this->statement->columnCount();
+            $this->columnMeta = [];
+            for ($i = 0; $i<$columnCount; $i++) {
+                $this->columnMeta[$i] = $this->statement->getColumnMeta($i);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Re-map fetched data using columnMeta
+        return array_map(
+            function ($rowArray) {
+                $row = [];
+                foreach ($this->columnMeta as $i => $meta) {
+                    // Coerce any column types that aren't correctly retrieved from the database
+                    if (isset($meta['native_type']) && isset(self::$type_mapping[$meta['native_type']])) {
+                        settype($rowArray[$i], self::$type_mapping[$meta['native_type']]);
+                    }
+                    $row[$meta['name']] = $rowArray[$i];
+                }
+                return $row;
+            },
+            $this->statement->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_NUM)
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Closes the cursor, enabling the statement to be executed again (PDOStatement::closeCursor)
+     *
+     * @return bool Returns true on success
+     */
+    public function closeCursor()
+    {
+        return $this->statement->closeCursor();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Fetch the SQLSTATE associated with the last operation on the statement handle
+     * (PDOStatement::errorCode)
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function errorCode()
+    {
+        return $this->statement->errorCode();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Fetch extended error information associated with the last operation on the statement handle
+     * (PDOStatement::errorInfo)
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function errorInfo()
+    {
+        return $this->statement->errorInfo();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the number of rows affected by the last SQL statement (PDOStatement::rowCount)
+     *
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function rowCount()
+    {
+        return $this->statement->rowCount();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Executes a prepared statement (PDOStatement::execute)
+     *
+     * @param $parameters An array of values with as many elements as there are bound parameters in the SQL statement
+     *                    being executed
+     * @return bool Returns true on success
+     */
+    public function execute(array $parameters)
+    {
+        return $this->statement->execute($parameters);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the PDOStatement that this object provides a handle to
+     *
+     * @return PDOStatement
+     */
+    public function getPDOStatement()
+    {
+        return $this->statement;
+    }
+}