diff --git a/lib/database_cleaner/active_record/deletion.rb b/lib/database_cleaner/active_record/deletion.rb
index 4414e2d..4ea3a41 100644
--- a/lib/database_cleaner/active_record/deletion.rb
+++ b/lib/database_cleaner/active_record/deletion.rb
@@ -54,14 +54,14 @@ module DatabaseCleaner::ActiveRecord
 
     def tables_with_new_rows(connection)
       @db_name ||= connection.instance_variable_get('@config')[:database]
-      result = connection.execute("SELECT table_name FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_schema = '#{@db_name}' AND table_rows > 0")
-      result.map{ |row| row[0] } - ['schema_migrations']
+      result = connection.select_all("SELECT table_name FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_schema = '#{@db_name}' AND table_rows > 0")
+      result.map{ |row| row.values[0] } - ['schema_migrations']
     end
 
     def information_schema_exists? connection
       @information_schema_exists ||=
         begin
-          connection.execute("SELECT * FROM information_schema.tables")
+          connection.execute("SELECT 1 FROM information_schema.tables")
           true
         rescue
           false