diff --git a/src/Dibi/Result.php b/src/Dibi/Result.php
index 73f2cd40e..1cababe63 100644
--- a/src/Dibi/Result.php
+++ b/src/Dibi/Result.php
@@ -235,7 +235,8 @@ final public function fetchAssoc(string $assoc): array
 		}
 
 		$this->seek(0);
-		$row = $this->fetch();
+		$driver = $this->getResultDriver();
+		$row = $driver->fetch(true);
 		if (!$row) {
 			return [];  // empty result set
 		}
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ final public function fetchAssoc(string $assoc): array
 		// check columns
 		foreach ($assoc as $as) {
 			// offsetExists ignores null in PHP 5.2.1, isset() surprisingly null accepts
-			if ($as !== '[]' && $as !== '=' && $as !== '->' && $as !== '|' && !property_exists($row, $as)) {
+			if ($as !== '[]' && $as !== '=' && $as !== '->' && $as !== '|' && !array_key_exists($as, $row)) {
 				throw new \InvalidArgumentException("Unknown column '$as' in associative descriptor.");
 			}
 		}
@@ -261,6 +262,7 @@ final public function fetchAssoc(string $assoc): array
 
 		// make associative tree
 		do {
+			$this->normalize($row);
 			$x = &$data;
 
 			// iterative deepening
@@ -269,12 +271,12 @@ final public function fetchAssoc(string $assoc): array
 					$x = &$x[];
 
 				} elseif ($as === '=') { // "value" node
-					$x = $row->{$assoc[$i + 1]};
+					$x = $row[$assoc[$i + 1]];
 					continue 2;
 
 				} elseif ($as === '->') { // "object" node
 					if ($x === null) {
-						$x = clone $row;
+						$x = new $this->rowClass($row);
 						$x = &$x->{$assoc[$i + 1]};
 						$x = null; // prepare child node
 					} else {
@@ -282,14 +284,20 @@ final public function fetchAssoc(string $assoc): array
 					}
 
 				} elseif ($as !== '|') { // associative-array node
-					$x = &$x[$row->$as];
+					$x = &$x[$row[$as]];
 				}
 			}
 
 			if ($x === null) { // build leaf
-				$x = $row;
+				if ($this->rowFactory) {
+					$x = ($this->rowFactory)($row);
+				} elseif ($this->rowClass) {
+					$x = new $this->rowClass($row);
+				} else {
+					$x = $row;
+				}
 			}
-		} while ($row = $this->fetch());
+		} while ($row = $driver->fetch(true));
 
 		unset($x);
 		return $data;
@@ -300,7 +308,8 @@ final public function fetchAssoc(string $assoc): array
 	private function oldFetchAssoc(string $assoc)
 	{
 		$this->seek(0);
-		$row = $this->fetch();
+		$driver = $this->getResultDriver();
+		$row = $driver->fetch(true);
 		if (!$row) {
 			return [];  // empty result set
 		}
@@ -323,6 +332,7 @@ private function oldFetchAssoc(string $assoc)
 		}
 
 		do {
+			$this->normalize($row);
 			$x = &$data;
 
 			foreach ($assoc as $i => $as) {
@@ -331,7 +341,7 @@ private function oldFetchAssoc(string $assoc)
 
 				} elseif ($as === '=') { // "record" node
 					if ($x === null) {
-						$x = $row->toArray();
+						$x = $row;
 						$x = &$x[$assoc[$i + 1]];
 						$x = null; // prepare child node
 					} else {
@@ -340,7 +350,7 @@ private function oldFetchAssoc(string $assoc)
 
 				} elseif ($as === '@') { // "object" node
 					if ($x === null) {
-						$x = clone $row;
+						$x = new $this->rowClass($row);
 						$x = &$x->{$assoc[$i + 1]};
 						$x = null; // prepare child node
 					} else {
@@ -348,18 +358,22 @@ private function oldFetchAssoc(string $assoc)
 					}
 
 				} else { // associative-array node
-					$x = &$x[$row->$as];
+					$x = &$x[$row[$as]];
 				}
 			}
 
 			if ($x === null) { // build leaf
 				if ($leaf === '=') {
-					$x = $row->toArray();
+					$x = $row;
+				} elseif ($this->rowFactory) {
+					$x = ($this->rowFactory)($row);
+				} elseif ($this->rowClass) {
+					$x = new $this->rowClass($row);
 				} else {
 					$x = $row;
 				}
 			}
-		} while ($row = $this->fetch());
+		} while ($row = $driver->fetch(true));
 
 		unset($x);
 		return $data;