diff --git a/code/PostgreSQLQuery.php b/code/PostgreSQLQuery.php
index fc7748f..d372d3c 100644
--- a/code/PostgreSQLQuery.php
+++ b/code/PostgreSQLQuery.php
@@ -18,6 +18,23 @@ class PostgreSQLQuery extends Query
      */
     private $handle;
 
+    private $columnNames = [];
+
+    /**
+     * Mapping of postgresql types to PHP types
+     * Note that the bool => int mapping is by design, designed to mimic MySQL's behaviour
+     * @var array
+     */
+    protected static $typeMapping = [
+        'bool' => 'int',
+        'int2' => 'int',
+        'int4' => 'int',
+        'int8' => 'int',
+        'float4' => 'float',
+        'float8' => 'float',
+        'numeric' => 'float',
+    ];
+
     /**
      * Hook the result-set given into a Query class, suitable for use by sapphire.
      * @param resource $handle the internal Postgres handle that is points to the resultset.
@@ -25,6 +42,11 @@ class PostgreSQLQuery extends Query
     public function __construct($handle)
     {
         $this->handle = $handle;
+
+        $numColumns = pg_num_fields($handle);
+        for ($i = 0; $i<$numColumns; $i++) {
+            $this->columnNames[$i] = pg_field_name($handle, $i);
+        }
     }
 
     public function __destruct()
@@ -37,7 +59,7 @@ class PostgreSQLQuery extends Query
     public function seek($row)
     {
         pg_result_seek($this->handle, $row);
-        return pg_fetch_assoc($this->handle);
+        return $this->nextRecord();
     }
 
     public function numRecords()
@@ -47,6 +69,24 @@ class PostgreSQLQuery extends Query
 
     public function nextRecord()
     {
-        return pg_fetch_assoc($this->handle);
+        $row = pg_fetch_array($this->handle, null, PGSQL_NUM);
+
+        // Correct non-string types
+        if ($row) {
+            $record = [];
+
+            foreach ($row as $i => $v) {
+                $k = $this->columnNames[$i];
+                $record[$k] = $v;
+                $type = pg_field_type($this->handle, $i);
+                if (isset(self::$typeMapping[$type])) {
+                    settype($record[$k], self::$typeMapping[$type]);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return $record;
+        }
+
+        return false;
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/PostgreSQLDatabaseTest.php b/tests/PostgreSQLDatabaseTest.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c9ebe3..0000000
--- a/tests/PostgreSQLDatabaseTest.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace SilverStripe\PostgreSQL\Tests;
-
-use Exception;
-use Page;
-use SilverStripe\Dev\SapphireTest;
-use SilverStripe\ORM\DataObject;
-use SilverStripe\ORM\DB;
-use SilverStripe\PostgreSQL\PostgreSQLDatabase;
-
-/**
- * @package postgresql
- * @subpackage tests
- */
-class PostgreSQLDatabaseTest extends SapphireTest
-{
-    protected $usesDatabase = true;
-
-    public function testReadOnlyTransaction()
-    {
-        if (DB::get_conn()->supportsTransactions() == true
-            && DB::get_conn() instanceof PostgreSQLDatabase
-        ) {
-            $page = new Page();
-            $page->Title = 'Read only success';
-            $page->write();
-
-            DB::get_conn()->transactionStart('READ ONLY');
-
-            try {
-                $page = new Page();
-                $page->Title = 'Read only page failed';
-                $page->write();
-            } catch (Exception $e) {
-                //could not write this record
-                //We need to do a rollback or a commit otherwise we'll get error messages
-                DB::get_conn()->transactionRollback();
-            }
-
-            DB::get_conn()->transactionEnd();
-
-            DataObject::flush_and_destroy_cache();
-
-            $success = DataObject::get('Page', "\"Title\"='Read only success'");
-            $fail = DataObject::get('Page', "\"Title\"='Read only page failed'");
-
-            //This page should be in the system
-            $this->assertTrue(is_object($success) && $success->exists());
-
-            //This page should NOT exist, we had 'read only' permissions
-            $this->assertFalse(is_object($fail) && $fail->exists());
-        } else {
-            $this->markTestSkipped('Current database is not PostgreSQL');
-        }
-    }
-}