diff --git a/jOOQ-tools/src/org/jooq/xtend/Rows.xtend b/jOOQ-tools/src/org/jooq/xtend/Rows.xtend
index 62db2d474a..aa17ed0ca0 100644
--- a/jOOQ-tools/src/org/jooq/xtend/Rows.xtend
+++ b/jOOQ-tools/src/org/jooq/xtend/Rows.xtend
@@ -1134,6 +1134,7 @@ class Rows extends Generators {
         import org.jooq.BindContext;
         import org.jooq.Comparator;
         import org.jooq.Condition;
+        import org.jooq.DataType;
         import org.jooq.Field;
         import org.jooq.Record;
         «FOR degree : (1..Constants::MAX_ROW_DEGREE)»
@@ -1229,17 +1230,39 @@ class Rows extends Generators {
             
             @Override
             public final Field<?>[] fields() {
-            	return fields.clone();
+                return fields.clone();
             }
 
             @Override
             public final int indexOf(Field<?> field) {
-            	return new FieldList(fields).indexOf(field);
+                return new FieldList(fields).indexOf(field);
             }
 
             @Override
             public final int indexOf(String fieldName) {
-            	return new FieldList(fields).indexOf(fieldName);
+                return new FieldList(fields).indexOf(fieldName);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public final Class<?>[] types() {
+                Class<?>[] result = new Class[fields.length];
+        
+                for (int i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
+                    result[i] = fields[i].getType();
+                }
+        
+                return result;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public final DataType<?>[] dataTypes() {
+            	DataType<?>[] result = new DataType[fields.length];
+            	
+            	for (int i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
+            		result[i] = fields[i].getDataType();
+            	}
+            	
+            	return result;
             }
             «FOR degree : (1..Constants::MAX_ROW_DEGREE)»
 
@@ -2122,7 +2145,7 @@ class Rows extends Generators {
             // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
             @Override
             public final Iterator<Field<?>> iterator() {
-            	return asList(fields).iterator();
+                return asList(fields).iterator();
             }
         }
         ''');
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Row.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Row.java
index 44e07c64ab..828bff344a 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Row.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Row.java
@@ -104,6 +104,22 @@ public interface Row extends QueryPart, Iterable<Field<?>> {
      */
     int indexOf(String fieldName);
 
+    /**
+     * Get an array of types for this row.
+     * <p>
+     * Entries in the resulting array correspond to {@link Field#getType()} for
+     * the corresponding <code>Field</code> in {@link #fields()}
+     */
+    Class<?>[] types();
+
+    /**
+     * Get an array of data types for this row.
+     * <p>
+     * Entries in the resulting array correspond to {@link Field#getDataType()}
+     * for the corresponding <code>Field</code> in {@link #fields()}
+     */
+    DataType<?>[] dataTypes();
+
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // [NOT] NULL predicates
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractRecord.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractRecord.java
index cd55e2bdcc..6f50929dbb 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractRecord.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractRecord.java
@@ -141,22 +141,6 @@ abstract class AbstractRecord extends AbstractStore implements Record {
         return fields.clone();
     }
 
-    final Class<?>[] getTypes() {
-        return getTypes(this);
-    }
-
-    static final Class<?>[] getTypes(Record record) {
-        int size = record.size();
-        Class<?>[] result = new Class[size];
-        Field<?>[] fields = record.fields();
-
-        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
-            result[i] = fields[i].getType();
-        }
-
-        return result;
-    }
-
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // XXX: Record API
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -942,8 +926,8 @@ abstract class AbstractRecord extends AbstractStore implements Record {
             throw new ClassCastException(String.format("Trying to compare incomparable records (wrong degree):\n%s\n%s", this, that));
         }
 
-        Class<?>[] thisTypes = getTypes();
-        Class<?>[] thatTypes = getTypes(that);
+        Class<?>[] thisTypes = this.fieldsRow().types();
+        Class<?>[] thatTypes = that.fieldsRow().types();
 
         if (!asList(thisTypes).equals(asList(thatTypes))) {
             throw new ClassCastException(String.format("Trying to compare incomparable records (type mismatch):\n%s\n%s", this, that));
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/RowImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/RowImpl.java
index fbfcec9e02..e67056885d 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/RowImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/RowImpl.java
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ import org.jooq.BetweenAndStepN;
 import org.jooq.BindContext;
 import org.jooq.Comparator;
 import org.jooq.Condition;
+import org.jooq.DataType;
 import org.jooq.Field;
 import org.jooq.Record;
 import org.jooq.Record1;
@@ -223,17 +224,39 @@ implements
     
     @Override
     public final Field<?>[] fields() {
-    	return fields.clone();
+        return fields.clone();
     }
 
     @Override
     public final int indexOf(Field<?> field) {
-    	return new FieldList(fields).indexOf(field);
+        return new FieldList(fields).indexOf(field);
     }
 
     @Override
     public final int indexOf(String fieldName) {
-    	return new FieldList(fields).indexOf(fieldName);
+        return new FieldList(fields).indexOf(fieldName);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final Class<?>[] types() {
+        Class<?>[] result = new Class[fields.length];
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
+            result[i] = fields[i].getType();
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final DataType<?>[] dataTypes() {
+    	DataType<?>[] result = new DataType[fields.length];
+    	
+    	for (int i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
+    		result[i] = fields[i].getDataType();
+    	}
+    	
+    	return result;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -9516,6 +9539,6 @@ implements
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     @Override
     public final Iterator<Field<?>> iterator() {
-    	return asList(fields).iterator();
+        return asList(fields).iterator();
     }
 }