diff --git a/lib/database_cleaner/active_record/deletion.rb b/lib/database_cleaner/active_record/deletion.rb
index d172355..f3e9ebc 100644
--- a/lib/database_cleaner/active_record/deletion.rb
+++ b/lib/database_cleaner/active_record/deletion.rb
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ module DatabaseCleaner::ActiveRecord
       @db_name ||= connection.instance_variable_get('@config')[:database]
       stats = table_stats_query(connection, @db_name)
       if stats != ''
-        connection.exec_query(stats).inject([]) {|all, stat| all << stat['table_name'] if stat['exact_row_count'] > 0; all }
+        connection.exec_query(stats).inject([]) {|all, stat| all << stat['table_name'] if stat['has_rows'] == 1; all }
       else
         []
       end
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ module DatabaseCleaner::ActiveRecord
           AND #{::DatabaseCleaner::ActiveRecord::Base.exclusion_condition('table_name')};
         SQL
         queries = tables.map do |table|
-          "SELECT #{connection.quote(table)} AS table_name, COUNT(*) AS exact_row_count FROM #{connection.quote_table_name(table)}"
+          "SELECT #{connection.quote(table)} AS table_name, COUNT(*) > 0 AS has_rows FROM #{connection.quote_table_name(table)}"
         end
         @table_stats_query = queries.join(' UNION ')
       end
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/moped/truncation_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/moped/truncation_spec.rb
index 2b43711..e7220ba 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/moped/truncation_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/moped/truncation_spec.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ module DatabaseCleaner
       end
 
       def ensure_counts(expected_counts)
-        # I had to add this sanity_check garbage because I was getting non-determinisc results from mongo at times..
+        # I had to add this sanity_check garbage because I was getting non-deterministic results from mongo at times..
         # very odd and disconcerting...
         expected_counts.each do |model_class, expected_count|
           actual_count = model_class.count