diff --git a/src/Database/Drivers/PDO/Connection.php b/src/Database/Drivers/PDO/Connection.php
index 974a84e9c..fa15f1417 100644
--- a/src/Database/Drivers/PDO/Connection.php
+++ b/src/Database/Drivers/PDO/Connection.php
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ public function query(string $sql, array $params = []): Result
 	public function execute(string $sql): int
 	{
 		try {
-			return $this->pdo->exec($sql);
+			$statement = $this->pdo->prepare($sql);
+			$statement->execute();
+			return $statement->rowCount();
 		} catch (PDOException $e) {
 			throw new ($this->convertException($e, $args, null, new SqlLiteral($sql)))(...$args);
 		}
diff --git a/tests/Database/files/sqlsrv-loadFromFile.sql b/tests/Database/files/sqlsrv-loadFromFile.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d4336c2a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Database/files/sqlsrv-loadFromFile.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+IF OBJECT_ID('products', 'U') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE products;
+
+CREATE TABLE products (
+	product_id int NOT NULL IDENTITY(11,1),
+	title varchar(50) NOT NULL,
+	PRIMARY KEY(product_id)
+);
+
+SET IDENTITY_INSERT products ON;
+INSERT INTO products (product_id, title) VALUES (1, 'Chair');
+INSERT INTO products (product_id, title) VALUES (2, 'Table');
+INSERT INTO products (product_id, title) VALUES (3, 'Computer');
+SET IDENTITY_INSERT products OFF;
diff --git a/tests/Database/sqlsrv-loadFromFile.phpt b/tests/Database/sqlsrv-loadFromFile.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2289d6fd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Database/sqlsrv-loadFromFile.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Test: SQL Server can execute queries.
+ * @dataProvider? databases.ini  sqlsrv
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+use Tester\Assert;
+
+require __DIR__ . '/../bootstrap.php';
+
+$connection = connectToDB();
+
+Assert::noError(
+	fn() => Nette\Database\Helpers::loadFromFile($connection, __DIR__ . '/files/sqlsrv-loadFromFile.sql')
+);