diff --git a/internal/client/client.go b/internal/client/client.go
index 195f40e..1fe1921 100644
--- a/internal/client/client.go
+++ b/internal/client/client.go
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ func (p *Client) Execute(
 		conn.capabilities1pX(),
 		copyState(p.state),
 		nil,
+		true,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/internal/client/granularflow2pX.go b/internal/client/granularflow2pX.go
index 4fb0293..f40a6ed 100644
--- a/internal/client/granularflow2pX.go
+++ b/internal/client/granularflow2pX.go
@@ -30,16 +30,22 @@ func (c *protocolConnection) execGranularFlow2pX(
 	r *buff.Reader,
 	q *query,
 ) error {
-	ids, ok := c.getCachedTypeIDs(q)
-	if !ok {
-		return c.pesimistic2pX(r, q)
-	}
+	var cdcs *codecPair
+	if q.parse {
+		ids, ok := c.getCachedTypeIDs(q)
+		if !ok {
+			return c.pesimistic2pX(r, q)
+		}
 
-	cdcs, err := c.codecsFromIDsV2(ids, q)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	} else if cdcs == nil {
-		return c.pesimistic2pX(r, q)
+		var err error
+		cdcs, err = c.codecsFromIDsV2(ids, q)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		} else if cdcs == nil {
+			return c.pesimistic2pX(r, q)
+		}
+	} else {
+		cdcs = &codecPair{in: codecs.NoOpEncoder, out: codecs.NoOpDecoder}
 	}
 
 	return c.execute2pX(r, q, cdcs)
diff --git a/internal/client/introspect.go b/internal/client/introspect.go
index 4a7b3f7..feb922e 100644
--- a/internal/client/introspect.go
+++ b/internal/client/introspect.go
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ func DescribeV2(
 		fmt:          Binary,
 		expCard:      Many,
 		capabilities: userCapabilities,
+		parse:        true,
 	}
 
 	r, err := conn.conn.acquireReader(ctx)
diff --git a/internal/client/query.go b/internal/client/query.go
index d3bb7c4..033ee76 100644
--- a/internal/client/query.go
+++ b/internal/client/query.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ type query struct {
 	args         []interface{}
 	capabilities uint64
 	state        map[string]interface{}
+	parse        bool
 }
 
 func (q *query) flat() bool {
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ func newQuery(
 	capabilities uint64,
 	state map[string]interface{},
 	out interface{},
+	parse bool,
 ) (*query, error) {
 	var (
 		expCard Cardinality
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ func newQuery(
 			args:         args,
 			capabilities: capabilities,
 			state:        state,
+			parse:        parse,
 		}, nil
 	case "Query":
 		expCard = Many
@@ -107,6 +110,7 @@ func newQuery(
 		args:         args,
 		capabilities: capabilities,
 		state:        state,
+		parse:        parse,
 	}
 
 	var err error
@@ -159,7 +163,15 @@ func runQuery(
 		}
 	}
 
-	q, err := newQuery(method, cmd, args, c.capabilities1pX(), state, out)
+	q, err := newQuery(
+		method,
+		cmd,
+		args,
+		c.capabilities1pX(),
+		state,
+		out,
+		true,
+	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/client/transaction.go b/internal/client/transaction.go
index 30dc6e6..f013291 100644
--- a/internal/client/transaction.go
+++ b/internal/client/transaction.go
@@ -85,7 +85,15 @@ func (t *Tx) execute(
 	cmd string,
 	sucessState txStatus,
 ) error {
-	q, err := newQuery("Execute", cmd, nil, txCapabilities, t.state, nil)
+	q, err := newQuery(
+		"Execute",
+		cmd,
+		nil,
+		txCapabilities,
+		t.state,
+		nil,
+		false,
+	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -155,7 +163,15 @@ func (t *Tx) Execute(
 	cmd string,
 	args ...interface{},
 ) error {
-	q, err := newQuery("Execute", cmd, args, t.capabilities1pX(), t.state, nil)
+	q, err := newQuery(
+		"Execute",
+		cmd,
+		args,
+		t.capabilities1pX(),
+		t.state,
+		nil,
+		true,
+	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/codecs/noop.go b/internal/codecs/noop.go
index 858bfc8..669e304 100644
--- a/internal/codecs/noop.go
+++ b/internal/codecs/noop.go
@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@ import (
 	types "github.com/edgedb/edgedb-go/internal/edgedbtypes"
 )
 
+var (
+	// NoOpDecoder is a noOpDecoder
+	NoOpDecoder = noOpDecoder{}
+
+	// NoOpEncoder is a noOpEncoder
+	NoOpEncoder = noOpEncoder{}
+)
+
 // noOpDecoder decodes empty blocks i.e. does nothing.
 //
 //	There is one special type with type id of zero: