diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractQuery.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractQuery.java
index 5f224ca249..478c9c413d 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractQuery.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractQuery.java
@@ -123,9 +123,6 @@ abstract class AbstractQuery extends AbstractQueryPart implements Query {
                 throw new DetachedException("Cannot execute query. No Connection configured");
             }
 
-            // Ensure that all depending Attachables are attached
-            attach(configuration);
-
             int result = 0;
             try {
                 listener.renderStart(ctx);
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultBindContext.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultBindContext.java
index 641550bfeb..db52a43213 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultBindContext.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultBindContext.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import java.sql.Clob;
 import java.sql.Date;
 import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.sql.SQLOutput;
 import java.sql.Time;
 import java.sql.Timestamp;
 import java.sql.Types;
@@ -76,10 +77,22 @@ class DefaultBindContext extends AbstractBindContext {
     /**
      * Generated UID
      */
-    private static final long       serialVersionUID = -5457385919209241505L;
-    private static final JooqLogger log              = JooqLogger.getLogger(DefaultBindContext.class);
+    private static final long         serialVersionUID   = -5457385919209241505L;
+    private static final JooqLogger   log                = JooqLogger.getLogger(DefaultBindContext.class);
 
-    private final PreparedStatement stmt;
+    /**
+     * The localConfiguration is used to communicate a Configuration to an
+     * {@link ArrayRecord}, in case that ArrayRecord is serialised to a
+     * {@link SQLOutput} object.
+     * <p>
+     * This is probably the only solution to circumvent this bad JDBC design.
+     * See also <a
+     * href="http://stackoverflow.com/q/11439543/521799">http://stackoverflow
+     * .com/q/11439543/521799</a>
+     */
+    static ThreadLocal<Configuration> localConfiguration = new ThreadLocal<Configuration>();
+
+    private final PreparedStatement   stmt;
 
     DefaultBindContext(Configuration configuration, PreparedStatement stmt) {
         super(configuration);
@@ -311,7 +324,15 @@ class DefaultBindContext extends AbstractBindContext {
             bindValue(primaryKey, primaryKey.getClass());
         }
         else {
-            stmt.setObject(nextIndex(), value);
+            try {
+                // [#1544] Set the local configuration, in case an array needs
+                // to be serialised to SQLOutput
+                localConfiguration.set(this);
+                stmt.setObject(nextIndex(), value);
+            }
+            finally {
+                localConfiguration.remove();
+            }
         }
 
         return this;
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/FieldTypeHelper.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/FieldTypeHelper.java
index b7ca9bd0dd..9955293c28 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/FieldTypeHelper.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/FieldTypeHelper.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ package org.jooq.impl;
 import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.CUBRID;
 import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.POSTGRES;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Factory.getNewFactory;
+import static org.jooq.impl.Util.getDriverConnection;
 import static org.jooq.tools.reflect.Reflect.on;
 
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ import java.sql.Array;
 import java.sql.Blob;
 import java.sql.CallableStatement;
 import java.sql.Clob;
+import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.Date;
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
@@ -346,7 +348,12 @@ public final class FieldTypeHelper {
             stream.writeString(value.toString());
         }
         else if (ArrayRecord.class.isAssignableFrom(type)) {
-            stream.writeArray(((ArrayRecord<?>) value).createArray());
+
+            // [#1544] We can safely assume that localConfiguration has been
+            // set on DefaultBindContext, prior to serialising arrays to SQLOut
+            Connection connection = getDriverConnection(DefaultBindContext.localConfiguration.get());
+            ArrayRecord<?> arrayRecord = (ArrayRecord<?>) value;
+            stream.writeArray(on(connection).call("createARRAY", arrayRecord.getName(), arrayRecord.get()).<Array>get());
         }
         else if (EnumType.class.isAssignableFrom(type)) {
             stream.writeString(((EnumType) value).getLiteral());