function bindAndExecute() {
		$conn = $this->connection;

		if ($conn === null) {
			throw new RuntimeException('bindAndExecute cannot be called on a QueryStatement without a connection.');
		}
		if ($conn instanceof DBMSSQL && $conn->getDriver() === 'dblib' && function_exists('mb_detect_encoding')) {
			return $conn->query($this->__toString());
		}
		if ($conn instanceof DBSQLite) {
			return $conn->query($this->__toString());
		}

		$string = self::embedIdentifiers($this->getString(), array_values($this->identifiers), $conn);

		$result = $conn->prepare($string);
		foreach ($this->getParams() as $key => $value) {
			$pdo_type = PDO::PARAM_STR;
			if (is_int($value)) {
				$pdo_type = PDO::PARAM_INT;
			} elseif (is_null($value)) {
				$pdo_type = PDO::PARAM_NULL;
			} elseif (is_bool($value)) {
				$value = $value ? 1 : 0;
				$pdo_type = PDO::PARAM_INT;
			}
			$result->bindValue($key + 1, $value, $pdo_type);
		}
		$result->execute();
		return $result;
	}