diff --git a/cake/libs/model/datasources/dbo/dbo_mysqli.php b/cake/libs/model/datasources/dbo/dbo_mysqli.php
index bffd75bc3..c3e3406a3 100644
--- a/cake/libs/model/datasources/dbo/dbo_mysqli.php
+++ b/cake/libs/model/datasources/dbo/dbo_mysqli.php
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ class DboMysqli extends DboSource {
 
 		if (mysqli_select_db($this->connection, $config['database'])) {
 			$this->connected = true;
-		}
+		}  
+		
 		return $this->connected;
 	}
 /**
@@ -122,21 +123,20 @@ class DboMysqli extends DboSource {
  * @return resource Result resource identifier
  * @access protected
  */
-	function _execute($sql) {
-		return mysqli_query($this->connection, $sql);
+	function _execute($sql) {      
+		return mysqli_query($this->connection, $sql);  
 	}
 /**
  * Returns an array of sources (tables) in the database.
  *
  * @return array Array of tablenames in the database
  */
-	function listSources() {
+	function listSources() {    
 		$cache = parent::listSources();
 		if ($cache != null) {
 			return $cache;
-		}
+		}         
 		$result = $this->_execute('SHOW TABLES FROM ' . $this->config['database'] . ';');
-
 		if (!$result) {
 			return array();
 		} else {
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class DboMysqli extends DboSource {
 			while ($line = mysqli_fetch_array($result)) {
 				$tables[] = $line[0];
 			}
-
+             
 			parent::listSources($tables);
 			return $tables;
 		}
@@ -156,26 +156,31 @@ class DboMysqli extends DboSource {
  * @param string $tableName Name of database table to inspect
  * @return array Fields in table. Keys are name and type
  */
-	function describe(&$model) {
-
+	function describe(&$model) {      
+	
 		$cache = parent::describe($model);
 		if ($cache != null) {
 			return $cache;
 		}
 
 		$fields = false;
-		$cols = $this->_execute('DESCRIBE ' . $this->fullTableName($model));
-
+		$cols = $this->query('DESCRIBE ' . $this->fullTableName($model));  
+		
 		foreach ($cols as $column) {
 			$colKey = array_keys($column);
 			if (isset($column[$colKey[0]]) && !isset($column[0])) {
 				$column[0] = $column[$colKey[0]];
 			}
 			if (isset($column[0])) {
-				$fields[] = array('name' => $column[0]['Field'], 'type' => $this->column($column[0]['Type']), 'null' => $column[0]['Null']);
+				$fields[] = array(
+					'name' => $column[0]['Field'],
+					'type' => $this->column($column[0]['Type']),
+					'null' => $column[0]['Null'],
+					'default' => $column[0]['Default']
+				);
 			}
-		}
-
+		}                     
+		
 		$this->__cacheDescription($model->tablePrefix.$model->table, $fields);
 		return $fields;
 	}
@@ -307,7 +312,7 @@ class DboMysqli extends DboSource {
  * @return int Number of rows in resultset
  */
 	function lastNumRows() {
-		if ($this->_result and is_resource($this->_result)) {
+		if ($this->_result and is_object($this->_result)) {
 			return @mysqli_num_rows($this->_result);
 		}
 		return null;
@@ -383,43 +388,56 @@ class DboMysqli extends DboSource {
  *
  * @param unknown_type $results
  */
-	function resultSet(&$results) {
+	function resultSet(&$results) {   
 		$this->results =& $results;
 		$this->map = array();
-		$num_fields = mysqli_num_fields($results);
+		$num_fields = mysqli_num_fields($results);  
 		$index = 0;
 		$j = 0;
-
 		while ($j < $num_fields) {
-
-			$column = mysqli_fetch_field($results,$j);
+			$column = mysqli_fetch_field_direct($results, $j); 
 			if (!empty($column->table)) {
 				$this->map[$index++] = array($column->table, $column->name);
-			} else {
+			} else {             
 				$this->map[$index++] = array(0, $column->name);
 			}
 			$j++;
-		}
+		}            
 	}
 /**
  * Fetches the next row from the current result set
  *
  * @return unknown
  */
-	function fetchResult() {
-		if ($row = mysqli_fetch_row($this->results)) {
+	function fetchResult() {                           
+		if ($row = mysqli_fetch_row($this->results)) {  
 			$resultRow = array();
-			$i = 0;
-			foreach ($row as $index => $field) {
-				list($table, $column) = $this->map[$index];
-				$resultRow[$table][$column] = $row[$index];
-				$i++;
-			}
+			$i = 0;                  
+			foreach ($row as $index => $field) {  
+				@list($table, $column) = $this->map[$index]; 
+				$resultRow[$table][$column] = $row[$index]; 
+				$i++;                                  
+			}         
 			return $resultRow;
 		} else {
 			return false;
 		}
 	}
+/**
+ * Returns a row from given resultset as an array .
+ *
+ * @param bool $assoc Associative array only, or both?
+ * @return array The fetched row as an array
+*/  
+	function fetchRow($assoc = false) {       
+		if (is_object($this->_result)) {
+			$this->resultSet($this->_result);
+			$resultRow = $this->fetchResult();
+			return $resultRow;
+		} else {
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
 /**
  * Enter description here...
  *