diff --git a/src/Database/Connection.php b/src/Database/Connection.php
index 1d86803f1..4d66a05a1 100644
--- a/src/Database/Connection.php
+++ b/src/Database/Connection.php
@@ -264,6 +264,16 @@ public function fetch(#[Language('SQL')] string $sql, #[Language('GenericSQL')]
 	}
 
 
+	/**
+	 * Shortcut for query()->fetchAssoc()
+	 * @param  literal-string  $sql
+	 */
+	public function fetchAssoc(#[Language('SQL')] string $sql, #[Language('GenericSQL')] ...$params): ?array
+	{
+		return $this->query($sql, ...$params)->fetchAssoc();
+	}
+
+
 	/**
 	 * Shortcut for query()->fetchField()
 	 * @param  literal-string  $sql
diff --git a/src/Database/Explorer.php b/src/Database/Explorer.php
index 06481f8c3..12cbd3f25 100644
--- a/src/Database/Explorer.php
+++ b/src/Database/Explorer.php
@@ -116,6 +116,16 @@ public function fetch(#[Language('SQL')] string $sql, #[Language('GenericSQL')]
 	}
 
 
+	/**
+	 * Shortcut for query()->fetchAssoc()
+	 * @param  literal-string  $sql
+	 */
+	public function fetchAssoc(#[Language('SQL')] string $sql, #[Language('GenericSQL')] ...$params): ?array
+	{
+		return $this->connection->query($sql, ...$params)->fetchAssoc();
+	}
+
+
 	/**
 	 * Shortcut for query()->fetchField()
 	 * @param  literal-string  $sql
diff --git a/src/Database/ResultSet.php b/src/Database/ResultSet.php
index e79484118..6c8c1cfe2 100644
--- a/src/Database/ResultSet.php
+++ b/src/Database/ResultSet.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 namespace Nette\Database;
 
 use Nette;
+use Nette\Utils\Arrays;
 use PDO;
 
 
@@ -178,11 +179,18 @@ public function valid(): bool
 	}
 
 
+	/********************* fetch ****************d*g**/
+
+
 	/**
-	 * Fetches single row object.
+	 * Returns the next row as an associative array or null if there are no more rows.
 	 */
-	public function fetch(): ?Row
+	public function fetchAssoc(?string $path = null): ?array
 	{
+		if ($path !== null) {
+			return Arrays::associate($this->fetchAll(), $path);
+		}
+
 		$data = $this->pdoStatement ? $this->pdoStatement->fetch() : null;
 		if (!$data) {
 			$this->pdoStatement->closeCursor();
@@ -193,15 +201,22 @@ public function fetch(): ?Row
 			trigger_error("Found duplicate columns in database result set: $duplicates.");
 		}
 
-		$row = new Row;
-		foreach ($this->normalizeRow($data) as $key => $value) {
-			if ($key !== '') {
-				$row->$key = $value;
-			}
+		return $this->normalizeRow($data);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the next row as an object Row or null if there are no more rows.
+	 */
+	public function fetch(): ?Row
+	{
+		$data = $this->fetchAssoc();
+		if ($data === null) {
+			return null;
 		}
 
 		$this->lastRowKey++;
-		return $this->lastRow = $row;
+		return $this->lastRow = Arrays::toObject($data, new Row);
 	}
 
 
@@ -210,8 +225,8 @@ public function fetch(): ?Row
 	 */
 	public function fetchField(): mixed
 	{
-		$row = $this->fetch();
-		return $row ? $row[0] : null;
+		$row = $this->fetchAssoc();
+		return $row ? reset($row) : null;
 	}
 
 
@@ -220,8 +235,8 @@ public function fetchField(): mixed
 	 */
 	public function fetchFields(): ?array
 	{
-		$row = $this->fetch();
-		return $row ? array_values((array) $row) : null;
+		$row = $this->fetchAssoc();
+		return $row ? array_values($row) : null;
 	}
 
 
@@ -243,13 +258,4 @@ public function fetchAll(): array
 		$this->rows ??= iterator_to_array($this);
 		return $this->rows;
 	}
-
-
-	/**
-	 * Fetches all rows and returns associative tree.
-	 */
-	public function fetchAssoc(string $path): array
-	{
-		return Nette\Utils\Arrays::associate($this->fetchAll(), $path);
-	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/Database/Connection.fetch.phpt b/tests/Database/Connection.fetch.phpt
index be755689c..745d76c80 100644
--- a/tests/Database/Connection.fetch.phpt
+++ b/tests/Database/Connection.fetch.phpt
@@ -25,6 +25,15 @@ test('fetch', function () use ($connection) {
 });
 
 
+test('fetchAssoc', function () use ($connection) {
+	$row = $connection->fetchAssoc('SELECT name, id FROM author WHERE id = ?', 11);
+	Assert::same([
+		'name' => 'Jakub Vrana',
+		'id' => 11,
+	], $row);
+});
+
+
 test('fetchField', function () use ($connection) {
 	Assert::same('Jakub Vrana', $connection->fetchField('SELECT name FROM author ORDER BY id'));
 });
diff --git a/tests/Database/Explorer.fetch.phpt b/tests/Database/Explorer.fetch.phpt
index 6763aa0a9..bc1024032 100644
--- a/tests/Database/Explorer.fetch.phpt
+++ b/tests/Database/Explorer.fetch.phpt
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ test('fetch', function () use ($explorer) {
 });
 
 
+test('fetchAssoc', function () use ($explorer) {
+	$row = $explorer->fetchAssoc('SELECT name, id FROM author WHERE id = ?', 11);
+	Assert::same([
+		'name' => 'Jakub Vrana',
+		'id' => 11,
+	], $row);
+});
+
+
 test('fetchField', function () use ($explorer) {
 	Assert::same('Jakub Vrana', $explorer->fetchField('SELECT name FROM author ORDER BY id'));
 });