Index: db_connection.php
===================================================================
--- db_connection.php	(revision 155)
+++ db_connection.php	(working copy)
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
 			$func = $this->getMetaFunction('error');
 			$this->errorMessage = $this->connectionID ? $func($this->connectionID) : $func();
 			$error_msg = 'Database connection failed, please check your connection settings.<br/>Error (' . $this->errorCode . '): ' . $this->errorMessage;
-			
+
 			trigger_error($error_msg, defined('IS_INSTALL') && IS_INSTALL ? E_USER_WARNING : E_USER_ERROR);
 		}
 
@@ -475,6 +475,93 @@
 			return false;
 		}
 
+		/**
+		 * Retrieves data from database and return resource id on success or false otherwise
+		 *
+		 * @param string $select_sql
+		 * @param string $key_field
+		 * @return resource
+		 * @see kDBConnection::GetNextRow
+		 */
+		function QueryRaw($select_sql)
+		{
+			$this->lastQuery = $select_sql;
+			$this->_queryCount++;
+
+			$query_func = $this->getMetaFunction('query');
+
+			// set 1st checkpoint: begin
+			if ($this->_captureStatistics) {
+				$start_time = getmicrotime();
+			}
+			// set 1st checkpoint: end
+
+			$resource = $query_func($select_sql, $this->connectionID);
+
+			// set 2nd checkpoint: begin
+			if ($this->_captureStatistics) {
+				$query_time = getmicrotime() - $start_time;
+				if ($query_time > DBG_MAX_SQL_TIME) {
+					$this->Application->logSlowQuery($select_sql, $query_time);
+				}
+				$this->_queryTime += $query_time;
+			}
+			// set 2nd checkpoint: end
+
+			if ( is_resource($resource) ) {
+				return $resource;
+			}
+
+			$this->showError($select_sql);
+
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Returns row count in recordset
+		 *
+		 * @param resource $resource
+		 * @return int
+		 */
+		function RowCount($resource)
+		{
+			$count_func = $this->getMetaFunction('num_rows');
+
+			return $count_func($resource);
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Returns next available row from recordset
+		 *
+		 * @return Array
+		 */
+		function GetNextRow($resource)
+		{
+			$fetch_func = $this->getMetaFunction('fetch_assoc');
+
+			return $fetch_func($resource);
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Free memory used to hold recordset handle
+		 *
+		 * @param resource $resource
+		 * @access private
+		 */
+		function Destroy($resource = null)
+		{
+			if ( !isset($resource) ) {
+				$resource = $this->queryID;
+			}
+
+			if ( $resource ) {
+				$free_func = $this->getMetaFunction('free_result');
+				$free_func($resource);
+
+				$this->queryID = null;
+			}
+		}
+
 		function ChangeQuery($sql)
 		{
 			$this->Query($sql);
@@ -546,21 +633,6 @@
 		}
 
 		/**
-		 * Free memory used to hold recordset handle
-		 *
-		 * @access private
-		 */
-		function Destroy()
-		{
-			if($this->queryID)
-			{
-				$free_func = $this->getMetaFunction('free_result');
-				$free_func($this->queryID);
-				$this->queryID = null;
-			}
-		}
-
-		/**
 		 * Returns auto increment field value from
 		 * insert like operation if any, zero otherwise
 		 *