diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/ArrayRecord.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/ArrayRecord.java
index 6ab277316c..aa0a37473b 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/ArrayRecord.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/ArrayRecord.java
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ public interface ArrayRecord<E> extends Store<E>, Iterable<E> {
      *             JDBC {@link Array}
      * @throws DetachedException If this method is called on a detached
      *             <code>ArrayRecord</code>
+     * @deprecated - 2.5.0 [#1638] - Do not reuse this method
      */
+    @Deprecated
     Array createArray() throws SQLException, DetachedException;
 }
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ArrayRecordImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ArrayRecordImpl.java
index 6a6ed57a32..e50558fb5a 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ArrayRecordImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ArrayRecordImpl.java
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ public class ArrayRecordImpl<T> extends AbstractStore<T> implements ArrayRecord<
     }
 
     @Override
+    @Deprecated
     public final java.sql.Array createArray() throws SQLException {
         SQLDialect dialect = getConfiguration().getDialect();
 
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultBindContext.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultBindContext.java
index db52a43213..86f3775851 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultBindContext.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultBindContext.java
@@ -40,12 +40,16 @@ import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.POSTGRES;
 import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.SQLITE;
 import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.SQLSERVER;
 import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.SYBASE;
+import static org.jooq.impl.Util.getDriverConnection;
+import static org.jooq.tools.reflect.Reflect.on;
 import static org.jooq.util.postgres.PostgresUtils.toPGInterval;
 
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
+import java.sql.Array;
 import java.sql.Blob;
 import java.sql.Clob;
+import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.Date;
 import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
@@ -314,7 +318,9 @@ class DefaultBindContext extends AbstractBindContext {
             }
         }
         else if (ArrayRecord.class.isAssignableFrom(type)) {
-            stmt.setArray(nextIndex(), ((ArrayRecord<?>) value).createArray());
+            Connection connection = getDriverConnection(this);
+            ArrayRecord<?> arrayRecord = (ArrayRecord<?>) value;
+            stmt.setArray(nextIndex(), on(connection).call("createARRAY", arrayRecord.getName(), arrayRecord.get()).<Array>get());
         }
         else if (EnumType.class.isAssignableFrom(type)) {
             stmt.setString(nextIndex(), ((EnumType) value).getLiteral());