Index: zend/library/Zend/Db/Adapter/Pdo/Abstract.php
===================================================================
--- zend/library/Zend/Db/Adapter/Pdo/Abstract.php	(revision 21071)
+++ zend/library/Zend/Db/Adapter/Pdo/Abstract.php	(working copy)
@@ -187,6 +187,26 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Excecute an SQL statement and return a PDOStatement-like object
+     *
+     * @param string|Zend_Db_Select $sql SQL query
+     * @return Zend_Db_Statement|PDOStatement
+     */
+    protected function _query($sql)
+    {
+        $this->_connect();
+
+        $stmtClass = $this->_defaultStmtClass;
+        if (!class_exists($stmtClass)) {
+            require_once 'Zend/Loader.php';
+            Zend_Loader::loadClass($stmtClass);
+        }
+        $stmt = new $stmtClass($this, $sql, $this->getConnection()->query($sql));
+        $stmt->setFetchMode($this->_fetchMode);
+        return $stmt;
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Gets the last ID generated automatically by an IDENTITY/AUTOINCREMENT column.
      *
      * As a convention, on RDBMS brands that support sequences
Index: zend/library/Zend/Db/Adapter/Abstract.php
===================================================================
--- zend/library/Zend/Db/Adapter/Abstract.php	(revision 21071)
+++ zend/library/Zend/Db/Adapter/Abstract.php	(working copy)
@@ -463,9 +463,13 @@
             $bind = array($bind);
         }
 
-        // prepare and execute the statement with profiling
-        $stmt = $this->prepare($sql);
-        $stmt->execute($bind);
+        if (empty($bind)) {
+            $stmt = $this->_query($sql);
+        } else {
+            // prepare and execute the statement with profiling
+            $stmt = $this->prepare($sql);
+            $stmt->execute($bind);
+        }
 
         // return the results embedded in the prepared statement object
         $stmt->setFetchMode($this->_fetchMode);
@@ -1186,6 +1190,14 @@
     abstract public function prepare($sql);
 
     /**
+     * Excecute an SQL statement and return a PDOStatement-like object
+     *
+     * @param string|Zend_Db_Select $sql SQL query
+     * @return Zend_Db_Statement|PDOStatement
+     */
+    abstract protected function _query($sql);
+
+    /**
      * Gets the last ID generated automatically by an IDENTITY/AUTOINCREMENT column.
      *
      * As a convention, on RDBMS brands that support sequences
Index: zend/library/Zend/Db/Statement.php
===================================================================
--- zend/library/Zend/Db/Statement.php	(revision 21071)
+++ zend/library/Zend/Db/Statement.php	(working copy)
@@ -105,15 +105,20 @@
      * @param Zend_Db_Adapter_Abstract $adapter
      * @param mixed $sql Either a string or Zend_Db_Select.
      */
-    public function __construct($adapter, $sql)
+    public function __construct($adapter, $sql, $stmt = null)
     {
         $this->_adapter = $adapter;
         if ($sql instanceof Zend_Db_Select) {
             $sql = $sql->assemble();
         }
-        $this->_parseParameters($sql);
-        $this->_prepare($sql);
 
+        if (null !== $stmt) {
+            $this->_stmt = $stmt;
+        } else {
+            $this->_parseParameters($sql);
+            $this->_prepare($sql);
+        }
+
         $this->_queryId = $this->_adapter->getProfiler()->queryStart($sql);
     }