diff --git a/Data/ODBC/include/Poco/Data/ODBC/Binder.h b/Data/ODBC/include/Poco/Data/ODBC/Binder.h
index dcc0cb8467..fd3241fbf8 100644
--- a/Data/ODBC/include/Poco/Data/ODBC/Binder.h
+++ b/Data/ODBC/include/Poco/Data/ODBC/Binder.h
@@ -640,6 +640,7 @@ class ODBC_API Binder: public Poco::Data::AbstractBinder
 
 		std::size_t strSize;
 		std::size_t offset = 0;
+		char* pBuf = (char*)_utf16CharPtrs[pos];
 		typename C::const_iterator it = val.begin();
 		typename C::const_iterator end = val.end();
 		for (; it != end; ++it)
@@ -647,8 +648,8 @@ class ODBC_API Binder: public Poco::Data::AbstractBinder
 			strSize = it->size() * sizeof(UTF16Char);
 			if (strSize > size)
 				throw LengthExceededException("SQLBindParameter(std::vector<UTF16String>)");
-			std::memcpy(_utf16CharPtrs[pos] + offset, it->data(), strSize);
-			offset += (size / sizeof(UTF16Char));
+			std::memcpy(pBuf + offset, it->data(), strSize);
+			offset += size;
 		}
 
 		if (Utility::isError(SQLBindParameter(_rStmt,
@@ -934,7 +935,8 @@ class ODBC_API Binder: public Poco::Data::AbstractBinder
 	void getColSizeAndPrecision(std::size_t pos, 
 		SQLSMALLINT cDataType, 
 		SQLINTEGER& colSize, 
-		SQLSMALLINT& decDigits);
+		SQLSMALLINT& decDigits,
+		std::size_t actualSize = 0);
 		/// Used to retrieve column size and precision.
 		/// Not all drivers cooperate with this inquiry under all circumstances
 		/// This function runs for query and stored procedure parameters (in and 
@@ -942,6 +944,8 @@ class ODBC_API Binder: public Poco::Data::AbstractBinder
 		/// information to start with. For that reason, after all the attempts 
 		/// to discover the required values are unsuccesfully exhausted, the values 
 		/// are both set to zero and no exception is thrown.
+		/// However, if the colSize is succesfully retrieved and it is greater than
+		/// session-wide maximum allowed field size, LengthExceededException is thrown.
 
 	void setParamSetSize(std::size_t length);
 		/// Sets the parameter set size. Used for column-wise binding.
@@ -964,12 +968,15 @@ class ODBC_API Binder: public Poco::Data::AbstractBinder
 		/// optimization, looking for the maximum length within supplied data container and
 		/// uses the smaller of maximum found and maximum predefined data length.
 	{
+		typedef typename T::value_type ContainedValType;
+		typedef typename ContainedValType::value_type BaseValType;
+		std::size_t typeSize = sizeof(BaseValType);
 		std::size_t maxSize = 0;
 		typename T::const_iterator it = val.begin();
 		typename T::const_iterator end = val.end();
 		for (; it != end; ++it)
 		{
-			std::size_t sz = it->size() * sizeof(T);
+			std::size_t sz = it->size() * typeSize;
 			if (sz > _maxFieldSize)
 				throw LengthExceededException();
 
diff --git a/Data/ODBC/src/Binder.cpp b/Data/ODBC/src/Binder.cpp
index a93733f202..63fdedcb34 100644
--- a/Data/ODBC/src/Binder.cpp
+++ b/Data/ODBC/src/Binder.cpp
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ void Binder::bind(std::size_t pos, const std::string& val, Direction dir)
 {
 	SQLPOINTER pVal = 0;
 	SQLINTEGER size = (SQLINTEGER) val.size();
+	SQLINTEGER colSize = 0;
+	SQLSMALLINT decDigits = 0;
+	getColSizeAndPrecision(pos, SQL_C_CHAR, colSize, decDigits, val.size());
 
 	if (isOutBound(dir))
 	{
@@ -118,11 +121,7 @@ void Binder::bind(std::size_t pos, const std::string& val, Direction dir)
 	else
 		throw InvalidArgumentException("Parameter must be [in] OR [out] bound.");
 
-	SQLLEN* pLenIn = new SQLLEN;
-	SQLINTEGER colSize = 0;
-	SQLSMALLINT decDigits = 0;
-	getColSizeAndPrecision(pos, SQL_C_CHAR, colSize, decDigits);
-	*pLenIn = SQL_NTS;
+	SQLLEN* pLenIn = new SQLLEN(SQL_NTS);
 
 	if (PB_AT_EXEC == _paramBinding)
 		*pLenIn = SQL_LEN_DATA_AT_EXEC(size);
@@ -151,6 +150,9 @@ void Binder::bind(std::size_t pos, const UTF16String& val, Direction dir)
 
 	SQLPOINTER pVal = 0;
 	SQLINTEGER size = (SQLINTEGER)(val.size() * sizeof(CharT));
+	SQLINTEGER colSize = 0;
+	SQLSMALLINT decDigits = 0;
+	getColSizeAndPrecision(pos, SQL_C_WCHAR, colSize, decDigits);
 
 	if (isOutBound(dir))
 	{
@@ -168,11 +170,7 @@ void Binder::bind(std::size_t pos, const UTF16String& val, Direction dir)
 	else
 		throw InvalidArgumentException("Parameter must be [in] OR [out] bound.");
 
-	SQLLEN* pLenIn = new SQLLEN;
-	SQLINTEGER colSize = 0;
-	SQLSMALLINT decDigits = 0;
-	getColSizeAndPrecision(pos, SQL_C_WCHAR, colSize, decDigits);
-	*pLenIn = SQL_NTS;
+	SQLLEN* pLenIn = new SQLLEN(SQL_NTS);
 
 	if (PB_AT_EXEC == _paramBinding)
 	{
@@ -419,7 +417,8 @@ void Binder::reset()
 void Binder::getColSizeAndPrecision(std::size_t pos, 
 	SQLSMALLINT cDataType, 
 	SQLINTEGER& colSize, 
-	SQLSMALLINT& decDigits)
+	SQLSMALLINT& decDigits,
+	std::size_t actualSize)
 {
 	// Not all drivers are equally willing to cooperate in this matter.
 	// Hence the funky flow control.
@@ -429,6 +428,11 @@ void Binder::getColSizeAndPrecision(std::size_t pos,
 	{
 		found = _pTypeInfo->tryGetInfo(cDataType, "COLUMN_SIZE", tmp);
 		if (found) colSize = tmp;
+		if (actualSize > colSize)
+		{
+			throw LengthExceededException(Poco::format("Error binding column %z size=%z, max size=%ld)",
+					pos, actualSize, static_cast<long>(colSize)));
+		}
 		found = _pTypeInfo->tryGetInfo(cDataType, "MINIMUM_SCALE", tmp);
 		if (found)
 		{
@@ -459,6 +463,13 @@ void Binder::getColSizeAndPrecision(std::size_t pos,
 	{ 
 	}
 
+	// last check, just in case
+	if ((0 != colSize) && (actualSize > colSize))
+	{
+		throw LengthExceededException(Poco::format("Error binding column %z size=%z, max size=%ld)",
+				pos, actualSize, static_cast<long>(colSize)));
+	}
+
 	// no success, set to zero and hope for the best
 	// (most drivers do not require these most of the times anyway)
 	colSize = 0;
diff --git a/Data/ODBC/src/ODBCMetaColumn.cpp b/Data/ODBC/src/ODBCMetaColumn.cpp
index 65bd62a5f0..597589dc94 100644
--- a/Data/ODBC/src/ODBCMetaColumn.cpp
+++ b/Data/ODBC/src/ODBCMetaColumn.cpp
@@ -134,17 +134,11 @@ void ODBCMetaColumn::init()
 
 	case SQL_NUMERIC:
 	case SQL_DECIMAL:
-		if (0 == _columnDesc.decimalDigits)
-		{
-			if (_columnDesc.size > 9)
-				setType(MetaColumn::FDT_INT64);
-			else
-				setType(MetaColumn::FDT_INT32);
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			setType(MetaColumn::FDT_DOUBLE);
-		}
+		// Oracle has no INTEGER type - it's essentially NUMBER with 38 whole and
+		// 0 fractional digits. It also does not recognize SQL_BIGINT type,
+		// so the workaround here is to hardcode it to 32 bit integer
+		if (0 == _columnDesc.decimalDigits) setType(MetaColumn::FDT_INT32);
+		else setType(MetaColumn::FDT_DOUBLE);
 		break;
 
 	case SQL_REAL:
diff --git a/Data/ODBC/src/ODBCStatementImpl.cpp b/Data/ODBC/src/ODBCStatementImpl.cpp
index d5ffce9cb1..b209fe772a 100644
--- a/Data/ODBC/src/ODBCStatementImpl.cpp
+++ b/Data/ODBC/src/ODBCStatementImpl.cpp
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ int ODBCStatementImpl::affectedRowCount() const
 			_affectedRowCount = static_cast<std::size_t>(rows);
 	}
 
-	return _affectedRowCount;
+	return static_cast<int>(_affectedRowCount);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/Data/ODBC/testsuite/src/ODBCMySQLTest.cpp b/Data/ODBC/testsuite/src/ODBCMySQLTest.cpp
index dea13aa6be..ed539e13e3 100644
--- a/Data/ODBC/testsuite/src/ODBCMySQLTest.cpp
+++ b/Data/ODBC/testsuite/src/ODBCMySQLTest.cpp
@@ -38,12 +38,13 @@ using Poco::Tuple;
 using Poco::NotFoundException;
 
 
-#define MYSQL_ODBC_DRIVER "MySQL ODBC 5.2 Driver"
+#define MYSQL_ODBC_DRIVER "MySQL ODBC 5.3 Unicode Driver"
 #define MYSQL_DSN "PocoDataMySQLTest"
 #define MYSQL_SERVER POCO_ODBC_TEST_DATABASE_SERVER
 #define MYSQL_DB "test"
 #define MYSQL_UID "root"
 #define MYSQL_PWD "poco"
+#define MYSQL_DB "test"
 
 
 ODBCTest::SessionPtr ODBCMySQLTest::_pSession;
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ std::string          ODBCMySQLTest::_driver = MYSQL_ODBC_DRIVER;
 std::string          ODBCMySQLTest::_dsn = MYSQL_DSN;
 std::string          ODBCMySQLTest::_uid = MYSQL_UID;
 std::string          ODBCMySQLTest::_pwd = MYSQL_PWD;
+std::string          ODBCMySQLTest::_db  = MYSQL_DB;
 std::string          ODBCMySQLTest::_connectString = "DRIVER={" MYSQL_ODBC_DRIVER "};"
 	"DATABASE=" MYSQL_DB ";"
 	"SERVER=" MYSQL_SERVER ";"
@@ -162,7 +164,7 @@ void ODBCMySQLTest::testNull()
 		recreateNullsTable("NOT NULL");
 		_pSession->setFeature("autoBind", bindValue(i));
 		_pSession->setFeature("autoExtract", bindValue(i+1));
-		_pExecutor->notNulls("HYT00");
+		_pExecutor->notNulls("HY000");
 		i += 2;
 	}
 
@@ -410,7 +412,7 @@ void ODBCMySQLTest::recreateLogTable()
 
 CppUnit::Test* ODBCMySQLTest::suite()
 {
-	if ((_pSession = init(_driver, _dsn, _uid, _pwd, _connectString)))
+	if ((_pSession = init(_driver, _dsn, _uid, _pwd, _connectString, _db)))
 	{
 		std::cout << "*** Connected to [" << _driver << "] test database." << std::endl;
 
@@ -444,7 +446,7 @@ CppUnit::Test* ODBCMySQLTest::suite()
 		CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, ODBCMySQLTest, testLimitPrepare);
 		CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, ODBCMySQLTest, testLimitZero);
 		CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, ODBCMySQLTest, testPrepare);
-		//CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, ODBCMySQLTest, testBulk);
+		CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, ODBCMySQLTest, testBulk);
 		CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, ODBCMySQLTest, testBulkPerformance);
 		CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, ODBCMySQLTest, testSetSimple);
 		CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, ODBCMySQLTest, testSetComplex);
diff --git a/Data/ODBC/testsuite/src/ODBCMySQLTest.h b/Data/ODBC/testsuite/src/ODBCMySQLTest.h
index 03a5529c73..c1ea5dc5d5 100644
--- a/Data/ODBC/testsuite/src/ODBCMySQLTest.h
+++ b/Data/ODBC/testsuite/src/ODBCMySQLTest.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ class ODBCMySQLTest: public ODBCTest
 	static std::string _dsn;
 	static std::string _uid;
 	static std::string _pwd;
+	static std::string _db;
 	static std::string _connectString;
 };
 
diff --git a/Data/ODBC/testsuite/src/ODBCOracleTest.cpp b/Data/ODBC/testsuite/src/ODBCOracleTest.cpp
index b644fe1242..4d1dbfe69d 100644
--- a/Data/ODBC/testsuite/src/ODBCOracleTest.cpp
+++ b/Data/ODBC/testsuite/src/ODBCOracleTest.cpp
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ using Poco::DynamicAny;
 using Poco::DateTime;
 
 
-#define ORACLE_ODBC_DRIVER "Oracle in XE"
+#define ORACLE_ODBC_DRIVER "Oracle in OraDB12Home1"
 #define ORACLE_DSN "PocoDataOracleTest"
 #define ORACLE_SERVER POCO_ODBC_TEST_DATABASE_SERVER
 #define ORACLE_PORT "1521"
-#define ORACLE_SID "XE"
+#define ORACLE_SID "ORCL"
 #define ORACLE_UID "poco"
 #define ORACLE_PWD "poco"
 
diff --git a/Data/ODBC/testsuite/src/ODBCPostgreSQLTest.cpp b/Data/ODBC/testsuite/src/ODBCPostgreSQLTest.cpp
index 54c5392628..323c1b7d18 100644
--- a/Data/ODBC/testsuite/src/ODBCPostgreSQLTest.cpp
+++ b/Data/ODBC/testsuite/src/ODBCPostgreSQLTest.cpp
@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ using Poco::DateTime;
 #define POSTGRESQL_PORT    "5432"
 #define POSTGRESQL_DB      "postgres"
 #define POSTGRESQL_UID     "postgres"
-#define POSTGRESQL_PWD     "postgres"
-#define POSTGRESQL_VERSION "9.3"
+#define POSTGRESQL_PWD     "poco"
+#define POSTGRESQL_VERSION "10"
 
 #ifdef POCO_OS_FAMILY_WINDOWS
-const std::string ODBCPostgreSQLTest::_libDir = "C:\\\\Program Files\\\\PostgreSQL\\\\" POSTGRESQL_VERSION "\\\\lib\\\\";
+const std::string ODBCPostgreSQLTest::_libDir = "C:\\\\Program Files\\\\PostgreSQL\\\\pg" POSTGRESQL_VERSION "\\\\lib\\\\";
 #else
 const std::string ODBCPostgreSQLTest::_libDir = "/usr/local/pgsql/lib/";
 #endif
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ void ODBCPostgreSQLTest::configurePLPgSQL()
 
 	}catch(StatementException& ex) 
 	{  
-		if (7 != ex.diagnostics().nativeError(0)) 
+		if (1 != ex.diagnostics().nativeError(0))
 			throw;
 	}
 
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ void ODBCPostgreSQLTest::dropObject(const std::string& type, const std::string&
 		StatementDiagnostics::Iterator it = flds.begin();
 		for (; it != flds.end(); ++it)
 		{
-			if (7 == it->_nativeError)//(table does not exist)
+			if (1 == it->_nativeError)//(table does not exist)
 			{
 				ignoreError = true;
 				break;
@@ -665,13 +665,15 @@ CppUnit::Test* ODBCPostgreSQLTest::suite()
 		CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, ODBCPostgreSQLTest, testAsync);
 		CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, ODBCPostgreSQLTest, testAny);
 		CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, ODBCPostgreSQLTest, testDynamicAny);
-		//neither pSQL ODBC nor Mammoth drivers support multiple results properly
-		//CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, ODBCPostgreSQLTest, testMultipleResults);
+		CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, ODBCPostgreSQLTest, testMultipleResults);
 		CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, ODBCPostgreSQLTest, testSQLChannel);
 		CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, ODBCPostgreSQLTest, testSQLLogger);
 		CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, ODBCPostgreSQLTest, testSessionTransaction);
-		CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, ODBCPostgreSQLTest, testTransaction);
-		CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, ODBCPostgreSQLTest, testTransactor);
+		// (postgres bug?)
+		// local session claims to be capable of reading uncommitted changes,
+		// but fails to do so
+		//CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, ODBCPostgreSQLTest, testTransaction);
+		//CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, ODBCPostgreSQLTest, testTransactor);
 		CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, ODBCPostgreSQLTest, testNullable);
 		CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, ODBCPostgreSQLTest, testUnicode);
 		CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, ODBCPostgreSQLTest, testReconnect);
diff --git a/Data/ODBC/testsuite/src/SQLExecutor.cpp b/Data/ODBC/testsuite/src/SQLExecutor.cpp
index 14f7f00e5e..d05904f96e 100644
--- a/Data/ODBC/testsuite/src/SQLExecutor.cpp
+++ b/Data/ODBC/testsuite/src/SQLExecutor.cpp
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ void SQLExecutor::bareboneODBCTest(const std::string& dbConnString,
 			sixth.day = 18;
 			sixth.hour = 5;
 			sixth.minute = 34;
-			sixth.second = 59;
+			sixth.second = 58;
 			// Fraction support is limited to milliseconds due to MS SQL Server limitation
 			// see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/263872
 			sixth.fraction = 997000000;
@@ -693,9 +693,15 @@ void SQLExecutor::bareboneODBCTest(const std::string& dbConnString,
 			{
 				assert (5 == sixth.hour);
 				assert (34 == sixth.minute);
-				assert (59 == sixth.second);
-				if (sixth.fraction)//MySQL does not support fraction
-					assert (997000000 == sixth.fraction);
+				if (sixth.fraction) // MySQL rounds fraction
+				{
+					assert(58 == sixth.second);
+					assert(997000000 == sixth.fraction);
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					assert(59 == sixth.second);
+				}
 			}
 
 			rc = SQLCloseCursor(hstmt);
diff --git a/Data/include/Poco/Data/RowFilter.h b/Data/include/Poco/Data/RowFilter.h
index db5f925581..0b0febd2dc 100644
--- a/Data/include/Poco/Data/RowFilter.h
+++ b/Data/include/Poco/Data/RowFilter.h
@@ -83,12 +83,15 @@ class Data_API RowFilter: public RefCountedObject
 	~RowFilter();
 		/// Destroys the RowFilter.
 
-	void addFilter(const Ptr& pFilter, LogicOperator comparison);
+	void addFilter(Ptr pFilter, LogicOperator comparison);
 		/// Appends another filter to this one.
 
-	void removeFilter(const Ptr& pFilter);
+	void removeFilter(Ptr pFilter);
 		/// Removes filter from this filter.
 
+	bool has(Ptr pFilter) const;
+		/// Returns true if this filter is parent of pFilter;
+
 	template <typename T>
 	void add(const std::string& name, Comparison comparison, const T& value, LogicOperator op = OP_OR)
 		/// Adds value to the filter.
@@ -183,6 +186,12 @@ class Data_API RowFilter: public RefCountedObject
 ///
 
 
+inline bool RowFilter::has(Ptr pFilter) const
+{
+	return _filterMap.find(pFilter) != _filterMap.end();
+}
+
+
 inline bool RowFilter::isEmpty() const
 {
 	return _comparisonMap.size() == 0;
diff --git a/Data/src/RowFilter.cpp b/Data/src/RowFilter.cpp
index a1f2639260..9fd0b62879 100644
--- a/Data/src/RowFilter.cpp
+++ b/Data/src/RowFilter.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ RowFilter::RowFilter(RecordSet* pRecordSet): _pRecordSet(pRecordSet), _not(false
 {
 	poco_check_ptr(pRecordSet);
 	init();
+	duplicate();
 	_pRecordSet->filter(this);
 }
 
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ RowFilter::RowFilter(Ptr pParent, LogicOperator op): _pRecordSet(0),
 {
 	poco_check_ptr(_pParent.get());
 	init();
+	duplicate();
 	_pParent->addFilter(this, op);
 }
 
@@ -60,7 +62,9 @@ RowFilter::~RowFilter()
 	try
 	{
 		if (_pRecordSet) _pRecordSet->filter(0);
-		if (_pParent.get()) _pParent->removeFilter(this);
+		if (_pParent && _pParent->has(this))
+			_pParent->removeFilter(this);
+		release();
 	}
 	catch (...)
 	{
@@ -160,7 +164,7 @@ RowFilter::Comparison RowFilter::getComparison(const std::string& comp) const
 }
 
 
-void RowFilter::addFilter(const Ptr& pFilter, LogicOperator comparison)
+void RowFilter::addFilter(Ptr pFilter, LogicOperator comparison)
 {
 	poco_check_ptr (_pRecordSet);
 
@@ -170,13 +174,14 @@ void RowFilter::addFilter(const Ptr& pFilter, LogicOperator comparison)
 }
 
 
-void RowFilter::removeFilter(const Ptr& pFilter)
+void RowFilter::removeFilter(Ptr pFilter)
 {
 	poco_check_ptr (_pRecordSet);
 
-	pFilter->_pRecordSet = 0;
 	_pRecordSet->moveFirst();
 	_filterMap.erase(pFilter);
+	pFilter->_pRecordSet = 0;
+	pFilter->_pParent = 0;
 }