diff --git a/application/config/database.php b/application/config/database.php
index 55ca839b..e4852ba3 100644
--- a/application/config/database.php
+++ b/application/config/database.php
@@ -16,6 +16,20 @@ return array(
 
 	'profile' => true,
 
+	/*
+	|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	| PDO Fetch Style
+	|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	|
+	| By default, database results will be returned as instances of the PHP
+	| stdClass object; however, you may wish to retrieve records as arrays
+	| instead of objects. Here you can control the PDO fetch style of the
+	| database queries run by your application.
+	|
+	*/
+
+	'fetch' => PDO::FETCH_CLASS,
+
 	/*
 	|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 	| Default Database Connection
@@ -43,8 +57,6 @@ return array(
 	| so make sure you have the PDO drivers for your particlar database of
 	| choice installed on your machine.
 	|
-	| Drivers: 'mysql', 'pgsql', 'sqlsrv', 'sqlite'.
-	|
 	*/
 
 	'connections' => array(
diff --git a/laravel/config.php b/laravel/config.php
index fc5e0895..54cc87d8 100644
--- a/laravel/config.php
+++ b/laravel/config.php
@@ -56,13 +56,14 @@ class Config {
 	 * </code>
 	 *
 	 * @param  string  $key
+	 * @param  mixed   $default
 	 * @return array
 	 */
-	public static function get($key)
+	public static function get($key, $default = null)
 	{
 		list($bundle, $file, $item) = static::parse($key);
 
-		if ( ! static::load($bundle, $file)) return;
+		if ( ! static::load($bundle, $file)) return value($default);
 
 		$items = static::$items[$bundle][$file];
 
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ class Config {
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			return array_get($items, $item);
+			return array_get($items, $item, $default);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/laravel/database/connection.php b/laravel/database/connection.php
index 4d84b949..9369f2ba 100644
--- a/laravel/database/connection.php
+++ b/laravel/database/connection.php
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class Connection {
 		// and deletes we will return the affected row count.
 		if (stripos($sql, 'select') === 0)
 		{
-			return $statement->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_CLASS, 'stdClass');
+			return $this->fetch($statement, Config::get('database.fetch'));
 		}
 		elseif (stripos($sql, 'update') === 0 or stripos($sql, 'delete') === 0)
 		{
@@ -212,6 +212,28 @@ class Connection {
 		return array($statement, $result);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Fetch all of the rows for a given statement.
+	 *
+	 * @param  PDOStatement  $statement
+	 * @param  int           $style
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	protected function fetch($statement, $style)
+	{
+		// If the fetch style is "class", we'll hydrate an array of PHP
+		// stdClass objects as generic containers for the query rows,
+		// otherwise we'll just use the fetch styel value.
+		if ($style === PDO::FETCH_CLASS)
+		{
+			return $statement->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_CLASS, 'stdClass');
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return $statement->fetchAll($style);
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Log the query and fire the core query event.
 	 *