diff --git a/memsql/common/database.py b/memsql/common/database.py
index 4d3ea3f..3e051e6 100644
--- a/memsql/common/database.py
+++ b/memsql/common/database.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import time
 import operator
 import six
+from MySQLdb.constants import FIELD_TYPE
 
 try:
     from _thread import get_ident as _get_ident
@@ -150,9 +151,9 @@ def _query(self, query, parameters, kwparameters, debug=False):
         if self._result is None:
             return self._rowcount
 
-        fields = [ f[0] for f in self._result.describe() ]
+        fields_and_types = [(f[0], f[1], ) for f in self._result.describe()]
         rows = self._result.fetch_row(0)
-        return SelectResult(fields, rows)
+        return SelectResult(fields_and_types, rows)
 
     def _execute(self, query, parameters, kwparameters, debug=False):
         if parameters and kwparameters:
@@ -272,16 +273,20 @@ def nope(self, *args, **kwargs):
     __reversed__ = nope
 
 class SelectResult(list):
-    def __init__(self, fieldnames, rows):
-        self.fieldnames = tuple(fieldnames)
+    def __init__(self, fieldnames_and_types, rows):
+        self.fieldnames = tuple(map(lambda a: a[0], fieldnames_and_types))
+        self._fields_and_types = fieldnames_and_types
         self.rows = rows
-
         data = [Row(self.fieldnames, row) for row in self.rows]
         list.__init__(self, data)
 
     def width(self):
         return len(self.fieldnames)
 
+    def get_fields_and_types(self):
+        return map(lambda field_tuple: (field_tuple[0], list(FIELD_TYPE.__dict__.keys())[list(FIELD_TYPE.__dict__.values()).index(field_tuple[1])]),
+                   self._fields_and_types)
+
     def __getitem__(self, i):
         if isinstance(i, slice):
             return SelectResult(self.fieldnames, self.rows[i])
diff --git a/memsql/common/test/test_select_result.py b/memsql/common/test/test_select_result.py
index 0f78902..82103e9 100644
--- a/memsql/common/test/test_select_result.py
+++ b/memsql/common/test/test_select_result.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import random
 import pytest
 import simplejson as json
+from MySQLdb.constants import FIELD_TYPE
 
 try:
     from collections import OrderedDict
@@ -16,9 +17,20 @@
           'tight', 'zone', 'tomato', 'prison', 'hydro', 'cleaning', 'telivision', 'send', 'frog', 'cup',
           'book', 'zooming', 'falling', 'evily', 'gamer', 'lid', 'juice', 'moniter', 'captain', 'bonding']
 
+FIELDS_AND_TYPES = [('VARCHAR_FIELD', FIELD_TYPE.VARCHAR), ('BIT_FIELD', FIELD_TYPE.BIT),
+                    ('DATETIME_FIELD', FIELD_TYPE.DATETIME), ('TIMESTAMP_FIELD', FIELD_TYPE.TIMESTAMP)]
+
+def get_sample_data(fields):
+    return [[random.randint(1, 2 ** 32) for _ in range(len(fields))] for _ in range(256)]
+
+def test_get_fields_and_types():
+    raw_data = get_sample_data(FIELDS_AND_TYPES)
+    res = database.SelectResult(FIELDS_AND_TYPES, raw_data)
+    assert list(res.get_fields_and_types()) == list(map(lambda field_tuple: (field_tuple[0], field_tuple[0].split('_')[0]), FIELDS_AND_TYPES))
+
 def test_result_order():
-    raw_data = [[random.randint(1, 2 ** 32) for _ in range(len(FIELDS))] for _ in range(256)]
-    res = database.SelectResult(FIELDS, raw_data)
+    raw_data = get_sample_data(FIELDS)
+    res = database.SelectResult(map(lambda a: (a, FIELD_TYPE.VARCHAR), FIELDS), raw_data)
 
     for i, row in enumerate(res):
         reference = dict(zip(FIELDS, raw_data[i]))