diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Factory.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Factory.java
index db69fa3655..bede50e589 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Factory.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Factory.java
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ public class Factory implements FactoryOperations {
      * @param sql The SQL
      * @return A field wrapping the plain SQL
      */
-    public static Field<?> field(String sql) {
+    public static Field<Object> field(String sql) {
         return field(sql, new Object[0]);
     }
 
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ public class Factory implements FactoryOperations {
      * @param bindings The bindings for the field
      * @return A field wrapping the plain SQL
      */
-    public static Field<?> field(String sql, Object... bindings) {
+    public static Field<Object> field(String sql, Object... bindings) {
         return field(sql, Object.class, bindings);
     }
 
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/MetaDataFieldProvider.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/MetaDataFieldProvider.java
index 0f16330a3e..22d8b6206f 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/MetaDataFieldProvider.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/MetaDataFieldProvider.java
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class MetaDataFieldProvider implements FieldProvider, Serializable {
         // procedures / functions
         catch (SQLException e) {
             log.warn("Cannot fetch column count for cursor : " + e.getMessage());
-            fields.add(field("dummy", SQLDataType.OTHER));
+            fields.add(field("dummy"));
         }
 
         try {