diff -r 3aa8a37a3dd8 -r b3e05e361f46 dbd/mysql/statement.c
--- a/dbd/mysql/statement.c	Mon Dec 01 07:22:44 2008 +0000
+++ b/dbd/mysql/statement.c	Tue Dec 02 08:10:54 2008 +0000
@@ -189,8 +189,7 @@
     return 1;
 }
 
-static int statement_fetch_impl(lua_State *L, int named_columns) {
-    statement_t *statement = (statement_t *)luaL_checkudata(L, 1, DBD_MYSQL_STATEMENT);
+static int statement_fetch_impl(lua_State *L, statement_t *statement, int named_columns) {
     int column_count;
     MYSQL_BIND *bind = NULL;
     const char *error_message = NULL;
@@ -303,18 +302,38 @@
     return 1;    
 }
 
-/*
- * array = statement:fetch()
- */
-static int statement_fetch(lua_State *L) {
-    return statement_fetch_impl(L, 0);
+static int next_iterator(lua_State *L) {
+    statement_t *statement = (statement_t *)luaL_checkudata(L, lua_upvalueindex(1), DBD_MYSQL_STATEMENT);
+    int named_columns = lua_toboolean(L, lua_upvalueindex(2));
+
+    return statement_fetch_impl(L, statement, named_columns);
 }
 
 /*
- * hashmap = statement:fetchtable()
+ * iterfunc = statement:fetch(named_indexes)
  */
-static int statement_fetchtable(lua_State *L) {
-    return statement_fetch_impl(L, 1);
+
+static int statement_fetch(lua_State *L) {
+    if (lua_gettop(L) == 1) {			
+	lua_pushvalue(L, 1);
+	lua_pushboolean(L, 0);
+    } else {
+        lua_pushvalue(L, 1);
+	lua_pushboolean(L, lua_toboolean(L, 2));
+    }
+
+    lua_pushcclosure(L, next_iterator, 2);
+    return 1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * table = statement:row(named_indexes)
+ */
+static int statement_row(lua_State *L) {
+    statement_t *statement = (statement_t *)luaL_checkudata(L, 1, DBD_MYSQL_STATEMENT);
+    int named_columns = lua_toboolean(L, 2);
+
+    return statement_fetch_impl(L, statement, named_columns);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -362,7 +381,7 @@
 	{"close", statement_close},
 	{"execute", statement_execute},
 	{"fetch", statement_fetch},
-	{"fetchtable", statement_fetchtable},
+	{"row", statement_row},
 	{NULL, NULL}
     };