diff --git a/.github/workflows/dub.yml b/.github/workflows/dub.yml
index 1220edf..c089132 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dub.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dub.yml
@@ -26,11 +26,10 @@ jobs:
         compiler:
           - dmd-latest
           - ldc-latest
+          - dmd-2.101.2
           - dmd-2.098.1
-          - dmd-2.097.2
-          - dmd-2.096.1
+          - ldc-1.31.0 # eq to dmd v2.101.2
           - ldc-1.28.1 # eq to dmd v2.098.1
-          - ldc-1.27.1 # eq to dmd v2.097.2
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
@@ -58,6 +57,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [ ubuntu-latest, windows-latest ] # don't bother with macos-latest
         compiler:
+          - dmd-2.097.2
           - dmd-2.095.1
           - dmd-2.094.2
           - dmd-2.093.1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-testing.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-testing.yml
index 5b6d43d..4a771c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-testing.yml
@@ -86,8 +86,10 @@ jobs:
         compiler:
           - dmd-latest
           - ldc-latest
+          - dmd-2.101.2
           - dmd-2.098.1
           - dmd-2.097.2
+          - ldc-1.31.0 # eq to dmd v2.101.2
           - ldc-1.28.1 # eq to dmd v2.098.1
           - ldc-1.27.0 # eq to dmd v2.097.2
 
@@ -157,8 +159,10 @@ jobs:
         compiler:
           - dmd-latest
           - ldc-latest
+          - dmd-2.101.2
           - dmd-2.098.1
           - dmd-2.097.2
+          - ldc-1.31.0 # eq to dmd v2.101.2
           - ldc-1.28.1 # eq to dmd v2.098.1
           - ldc-1.27.0 # eq to dmd v2.097.2
 
diff --git a/integration-tests/source/mysql/test/integration.d b/integration-tests/source/mysql/test/integration.d
index 031e97d..3e1e7f0 100644
--- a/integration-tests/source/mysql/test/integration.d
+++ b/integration-tests/source/mysql/test/integration.d
@@ -491,6 +491,11 @@ debug(MYSQLN_TESTS)
 			https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/information-schema-columns-table/
 		+/
 
+		// note on integer type widths -- these are not shown in the column type name with mysql 8.
+		// From docs:
+		//    As of MySQL 8.0.17, the display width attribute is deprecated for integer data types;
+		//    you should expect support for it to be removed in a future version of MySQL.
+
 		ColumnInfo[] ca = md.columns("basetest");
 		assert( ca[0].schema == schemaName && ca[0].table == "basetest" && ca[0].name == "boolcol" && ca[0].index == 0 &&
 				ca[0].nullable && ca[0].type == "bit" && ca[0].charsMax == -1 && ca[0].octetsMax == -1 &&
@@ -499,36 +504,36 @@ debug(MYSQLN_TESTS)
 		assert( ca[1].schema == schemaName && ca[1].table == "basetest" && ca[1].name == "bytecol" && ca[1].index == 1 &&
 				ca[1].nullable && ca[1].type == "tinyint" && ca[1].charsMax == -1 && ca[1].octetsMax == -1 &&
 				ca[1].numericPrecision == 3 && ca[1].numericScale == 0 && ca[1].charSet == "<NULL>" && ca[1].collation == "<NULL>"  &&
-				ca[1].colType == "tinyint(4)");
+				(ca[1].colType == "tinyint(4)" || ca[1].colType == "tinyint"));
 		assert( ca[2].schema == schemaName && ca[2].table == "basetest" && ca[2].name == "ubytecol" && ca[2].index == 2 &&
 				ca[2].nullable && ca[2].type == "tinyint" && ca[2].charsMax == -1 && ca[2].octetsMax == -1 &&
 				ca[2].numericPrecision == 3 && ca[2].numericScale == 0 && ca[2].charSet == "<NULL>" && ca[2].collation == "<NULL>"  &&
-				ca[2].colType == "tinyint(3) unsigned");
+				(ca[2].colType == "tinyint(3) unsigned" || ca[2].colType == "tinyint unsigned"));
 		assert( ca[3].schema == schemaName && ca[3].table == "basetest" && ca[3].name == "shortcol" && ca[3].index == 3 &&
 				ca[3].nullable && ca[3].type == "smallint" && ca[3].charsMax == -1 && ca[3].octetsMax == -1 &&
 				ca[3].numericPrecision == 5 && ca[3].numericScale == 0 && ca[3].charSet == "<NULL>" && ca[3].collation == "<NULL>"  &&
-				ca[3].colType == "smallint(6)");
+				(ca[3].colType == "smallint(6)" || ca[3].colType == "smallint"));
 		assert( ca[4].schema == schemaName && ca[4].table == "basetest" && ca[4].name == "ushortcol" && ca[4].index == 4 &&
 				ca[4].nullable && ca[4].type == "smallint" && ca[4].charsMax == -1 && ca[4].octetsMax == -1 &&
 				ca[4].numericPrecision == 5 && ca[4].numericScale == 0 && ca[4].charSet == "<NULL>" && ca[4].collation == "<NULL>"  &&
-				ca[4].colType == "smallint(5) unsigned");
+				(ca[4].colType == "smallint(5) unsigned" || ca[4].colType == "smallint unsigned"));
 		assert( ca[5].schema == schemaName && ca[5].table == "basetest" && ca[5].name == "intcol" && ca[5].index == 5 &&
 				ca[5].nullable && ca[5].type == "int" && ca[5].charsMax == -1 && ca[5].octetsMax == -1 &&
 				ca[5].numericPrecision == 10 && ca[5].numericScale == 0 && ca[5].charSet == "<NULL>" && ca[5].collation == "<NULL>"  &&
-				ca[5].colType == "int(11)");
+				(ca[5].colType == "int(11)" || ca[5].colType == "int"));
 		assert( ca[6].schema == schemaName && ca[6].table == "basetest" && ca[6].name == "uintcol" && ca[6].index == 6 &&
 				ca[6].nullable && ca[6].type == "int" && ca[6].charsMax == -1 && ca[6].octetsMax == -1 &&
 				ca[6].numericPrecision == 10 && ca[6].numericScale == 0 && ca[6].charSet == "<NULL>" && ca[6].collation == "<NULL>"  &&
-				ca[6].colType == "int(10) unsigned");
+				(ca[6].colType == "int(10) unsigned" ||ca[6].colType == "int unsigned"));
 		assert( ca[7].schema == schemaName && ca[7].table == "basetest" && ca[7].name == "longcol" && ca[7].index == 7 &&
 				ca[7].nullable && ca[7].type == "bigint" && ca[7].charsMax == -1 && ca[7].octetsMax == -1 &&
 				ca[7].numericPrecision == 19 && ca[7].numericScale == 0 && ca[7].charSet == "<NULL>" && ca[7].collation == "<NULL>"  &&
-				ca[7].colType == "bigint(20)");
+				(ca[7].colType == "bigint(20)" || ca[7].colType == "bigint"));
 		assert( ca[8].schema == schemaName && ca[8].table == "basetest" && ca[8].name == "ulongcol" && ca[8].index == 8 &&
 				ca[8].nullable && ca[8].type == "bigint" && ca[8].charsMax == -1 && ca[8].octetsMax == -1 &&
 				//TODO: I'm getting numericPrecision==19, figure it out later
 				/+ca[8].numericPrecision == 20 &&+/ ca[8].numericScale == 0 && ca[8].charSet == "<NULL>" && ca[8].collation == "<NULL>"  &&
-				ca[8].colType == "bigint(20) unsigned");
+				(ca[8].colType == "bigint(20) unsigned" || ca[8].colType == "bigint unsigned"));
 		assert( ca[9].schema == schemaName && ca[9].table == "basetest" && ca[9].name == "charscol" && ca[9].index == 9 &&
 				ca[9].nullable && ca[9].type == "char" && ca[9].charsMax == 10 && ca[9].octetsMax == 10 &&
 				ca[9].numericPrecision == -1 && ca[9].numericScale == -1 && ca[9].charSet == "latin1" && ca[9].collation == "latin1_swedish_ci"  &&
@@ -564,7 +569,7 @@ debug(MYSQLN_TESTS)
 		assert( ca[17].schema == schemaName && ca[17].table == "basetest" && ca[17].name == "nullcol" && ca[17].index == 17 &&
 				ca[17].nullable && ca[17].type == "int" && ca[17].charsMax == -1 && ca[17].octetsMax == -1 &&
 				ca[17].numericPrecision == 10 && ca[17].numericScale == 0 && ca[17].charSet == "<NULL>" && ca[17].collation == "<NULL>"  &&
-				ca[17].colType == "int(11)");
+				(ca[17].colType == "int(11)" || ca[17].colType == "int"));
 		assert( ca[18].schema == schemaName && ca[18].table == "basetest" && ca[18].name == "decimalcol" && ca[18].index == 18 &&
 				ca[18].nullable && ca[18].type == "decimal" && ca[18].charsMax == -1 && ca[18].octetsMax == -1 &&
 				ca[18].numericPrecision == 11 && ca[18].numericScale == 4 && ca[18].charSet == "<NULL>" && ca[18].collation == "<NULL>"  &&
@@ -1024,7 +1029,8 @@ debug(MYSQLN_TESTS)
 		auto row = cn.queryRow(stmt).get;
 		assert(row.length == 4);
 		assert(row[0] == "utf8mb4");
-		assert(row[1] == "utf8mb4_general_ci");
+		// note, the second possibility is from mysql 8
+		assert(row[1] == "utf8mb4_general_ci" || row[1] == "utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci");
 		assert(row[2] == "UTF-8 Unicode");
 		assert(row[3] == 4);
 	}
@@ -1263,3 +1269,19 @@ unittest
 	auto exitCode = spawnProcess(["dub", "-q", "--", testConnectionStr]).wait;
 	assert(exitCode == 0);
 }
+
+// https://github.com/mysql-d/mysql-native/issues/276
+@("large result field count")
+debug(MYSQLN_TESTS)
+unittest
+{
+	mixin(scopedCn);
+	import mysql.safe.commands;
+	import std.format;
+
+	auto sql = format("SELECT 1 AS `%-(%s`, 1 AS `%)`",
+		iota(26*26).map!(i => [cast(char)(i / 26 + 'A'), cast(char)(i % 26 + 'A')]));
+	auto result = cn.queryRow(sql);
+	assert(!result.isNull);
+	assert(result.get.length == 26*26);
+}
diff --git a/source/mysql/metadata.d b/source/mysql/metadata.d
index 682c631..f4c104f 100644
--- a/source/mysql/metadata.d
+++ b/source/mysql/metadata.d
@@ -236,7 +236,8 @@ public:
 			" CHARACTER_SET_NAME, COLLATION_NAME, COLUMN_TYPE," ~
 			" COLUMN_KEY, EXTRA, PRIVILEGES, COLUMN_COMMENT" ~
 			" FROM information_schema.COLUMNS WHERE" ~
-			" table_schema='" ~ _con.currentDB ~ "' AND table_name='" ~ table ~ "'";
+			" table_schema='" ~ _con.currentDB ~ "' AND table_name='" ~ table ~ "'" ~
+			" ORDER BY ORDINAL_POSITION";
 		auto rs = _con.query(query).array;
 		ColumnInfo[] ca;
 		ca.length = rs.length;
diff --git a/source/mysql/protocol/comms.d b/source/mysql/protocol/comms.d
index a40d901..3d37d88 100644
--- a/source/mysql/protocol/comms.d
+++ b/source/mysql/protocol/comms.d
@@ -489,12 +489,12 @@ package(mysql) bool execQueryImpl(Connection conn, ExecQueryImplInfo info, out u
 	else
 	{
 		// There was presumably a result set
-		assert(packet.front >= 1 && packet.front <= 250); // Result set packet header should have this value
 		conn._headersPending = conn._rowsPending = true;
 		conn._binaryPending = info.isPrepared;
 		auto lcb = packet.consumeIfComplete!LCB();
 		assert(!lcb.isNull);
 		assert(!lcb.isIncomplete);
+		assert(lcb.value >= 1 && lcb.value <= ushort.max); // Result set packet header should have this value
 		conn._fieldCount = cast(ushort)lcb.value;
 		assert(conn._fieldCount == lcb.value);
 		rv = true;