diff --git a/Data/ODBC/testsuite/src/SQLExecutor.cpp b/Data/ODBC/testsuite/src/SQLExecutor.cpp
index c594b384f..5af064cee 100644
--- a/Data/ODBC/testsuite/src/SQLExecutor.cpp
+++ b/Data/ODBC/testsuite/src/SQLExecutor.cpp
@@ -2252,6 +2252,21 @@ void SQLExecutor::asynchronous()
 	assert (!stmt.isAsync());
 	result.wait();
 	
+	Statement stmt1 = (tmp << "SELECT * FROM Strings", into(data), async, now);
+	assert (stmt1.isAsync());
+	assert (stmt1.wait() == rowCount);
+
+	stmt1.execute();
+	try {
+		stmt1.execute();
+		fail ("must fail");
+	} catch (InvalidAccessException&)
+	{
+		stmt1.wait();
+		stmt1.execute();
+		stmt1.wait();
+	}
+
 	stmt = tmp << "SELECT * FROM Strings", into(data), async, now;
 	assert (stmt.isAsync());
 	stmt.wait();
@@ -2281,4 +2296,27 @@ void SQLExecutor::asynchronous()
 	assert (!stmt.isAsync());
 	result.wait();
 	assert (result.data() == rowCount);
+
+	assert (0 == rowCount % 10);
+	int step = (int) (rowCount/10);
+	data.clear();
+	Statement stmt2 = (tmp << "SELECT * FROM Strings", into(data), async, limit(step));
+	assert (data.size() == 0);
+	assert (!stmt2.done());
+	Statement::ResultType rows = 0;
+	
+	for (int i = 0; !stmt2.done(); i += step)
+	{
+		stmt2.execute();
+		rows = stmt2.wait();
+		assert (step == rows);
+		assert (step + i == data.size());
+	}
+	assert (stmt2.done());
+	assert (rowCount == data.size());
+
+	stmt2 = tmp << "SELECT * FROM Strings", reset;
+	assert (!stmt2.isAsync());
+	assert ("deque" == stmt2.getStorage());
+	assert (stmt2.execute() == rowCount);
 }
diff --git a/Data/SQLite/testsuite/src/SQLiteTest.cpp b/Data/SQLite/testsuite/src/SQLiteTest.cpp
index 99dd085b1..6a5403e04 100644
--- a/Data/SQLite/testsuite/src/SQLiteTest.cpp
+++ b/Data/SQLite/testsuite/src/SQLiteTest.cpp
@@ -1700,6 +1700,21 @@ void SQLiteTest::testAsync()
 	assert (!stmt.isAsync());
 	result.wait();
 	
+	Statement stmt1 = (tmp << "SELECT * FROM Strings", into(data), async, now);
+	assert (stmt1.isAsync());
+	assert (stmt1.wait() == rowCount);
+
+	stmt1.execute();
+	try {
+		stmt1.execute();
+		fail ("must fail");
+	} catch (InvalidAccessException&)
+	{
+		stmt1.wait();
+		stmt1.execute();
+		stmt1.wait();
+	}
+
 	stmt = tmp << "SELECT * FROM Strings", into(data), async, now;
 	assert (stmt.isAsync());
 	stmt.wait();
@@ -1729,6 +1744,29 @@ void SQLiteTest::testAsync()
 	assert (!stmt.isAsync());
 	result.wait();
 	assert (result.data() == rowCount);
+
+	assert (0 == rowCount % 10);
+	int step = (int) (rowCount/10);
+	data.clear();
+	Statement stmt2 = (tmp << "SELECT * FROM Strings", into(data), async, limit(step));
+	assert (data.size() == 0);
+	assert (!stmt2.done());
+	Statement::ResultType rows = 0;
+	
+	for (int i = 0; !stmt2.done(); i += step)
+	{
+		stmt2.execute();
+		rows = stmt2.wait();
+		assert (step == rows);
+		assert (step + i == data.size());
+	}
+	assert (stmt2.done());
+	assert (rowCount == data.size());
+
+	stmt2 = tmp << "SELECT * FROM Strings", reset;
+	assert (!stmt2.isAsync());
+	assert ("deque" == stmt2.getStorage());
+	assert (stmt2.execute() == rowCount);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/Data/include/Poco/Data/Statement.h b/Data/include/Poco/Data/Statement.h
index 231e9e781..647bb033f 100644
--- a/Data/include/Poco/Data/Statement.h
+++ b/Data/include/Poco/Data/Statement.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include "Poco/Data/StatementImpl.h"
 #include "Poco/Data/Range.h"
 #include "Poco/SharedPtr.h"
+#include "Poco/Mutex.h"
 #include "Poco/ActiveMethod.h"
 #include "Poco/ActiveResult.h"
 
@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@ public:
 		/// When executed on otherwise synchronous statement, this method does not alter the
 		/// statement's synchronous nature.
 
-	void setAsync(bool async);
+	void setAsync(bool async = true);
 		/// Sets the asynchronous flag. If this flag is true, executeAsync() is called 
 		/// from the now() manipulator. This setting does not affect the statement's
 		/// capability to be executed synchronously by directly calling execute().
@@ -222,6 +223,10 @@ public:
 	bool initialized();
 		/// Returns true if the statement was initialized (i.e. not executed yet).
 
+	bool paused();
+		/// Returns true if the statement was paused (a range limit stopped it
+		/// and there is more work to do).
+
 	bool done();
 		/// Returns true if the statement was completely executed or false if a range limit stopped it
 		/// and there is more work to do. When no limit is set, it will always return true after calling execute().
@@ -263,12 +268,15 @@ private:
 
 	static const int WAIT_FOREVER = -1;
 
+	const Result& doAsyncExec();
+		/// Asynchronously executes the statement.
+
 	StatementImplPtr  _ptr;
 
 	// asynchronous execution related members
 	bool              _isAsync;
 	mutable ResultPtr _pResult;
-	FastMutex         _mutex;
+	Mutex             _mutex;
 	AsyncExecMethod   _asyncExec;
 };
 
@@ -404,6 +412,12 @@ inline bool Statement::initialized()
 }
 
 
+inline bool Statement::paused()
+{
+	return _ptr->getState() == StatementImpl::ST_PAUSED;
+}
+
+
 inline bool Statement::done()
 {
 	return _ptr->getState() == StatementImpl::ST_DONE;
diff --git a/Data/include/Poco/Data/StatementImpl.h b/Data/include/Poco/Data/StatementImpl.h
index 1c0f88fc1..ca3720419 100644
--- a/Data/include/Poco/Data/StatementImpl.h
+++ b/Data/include/Poco/Data/StatementImpl.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ public:
 		ST_INITIALIZED,
 		ST_COMPILED,
 		ST_BOUND,
+		ST_PAUSED,
 		ST_DONE,
 		ST_RESET
 	};
diff --git a/Data/src/Statement.cpp b/Data/src/Statement.cpp
index b72f1f7b7..03a4fed04 100644
--- a/Data/src/Statement.cpp
+++ b/Data/src/Statement.cpp
@@ -70,9 +70,6 @@ Statement::Statement(const Statement& stmt):
 	_pResult(stmt._pResult),
 	_asyncExec(_ptr, &StatementImpl::execute)
 {
-	// if executing asynchronously, wait
-	if (stmt._pResult) 
-		stmt._pResult->wait();
 }
 
 
@@ -100,35 +97,44 @@ void Statement::swap(Statement& other)
 
 Statement::ResultType Statement::execute()
 {
-	if (!isAsync())
+	Mutex::ScopedLock lock(_mutex);
+	bool isDone = done();
+	if (initialized() || paused() || isDone)
 	{
-		if (done()) _ptr->reset();
-		return _ptr->execute();
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		executeAsync();
-		return 0;
-	}
+		if (!isAsync())
+		{
+			if (isDone) _ptr->reset();
+			return _ptr->execute();
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			doAsyncExec();
+			return 0;
+		}
+	} else
+		throw InvalidAccessException("Statement still executing.");
 }
 
 
 const Statement::Result& Statement::executeAsync()
 {
-	FastMutex::ScopedLock lock(_mutex);
-	bool isDone = done();
-	if (initialized() || isDone)
-	{
-		if (isDone) _ptr->reset();
-		_pResult = new Result(_asyncExec());
-		poco_check_ptr (_pResult);
-		return *_pResult;
-	}
+	Mutex::ScopedLock lock(_mutex);
+	if (initialized() || paused() || done())
+		return doAsyncExec();
 	else
 		throw InvalidAccessException("Statement still executing.");
 }
 
 
+const Statement::Result& Statement::doAsyncExec()
+{
+	if (done()) _ptr->reset();
+	_pResult = new Result(_asyncExec());
+	poco_check_ptr (_pResult);
+	return *_pResult;
+}
+
+
 Statement::ResultType Statement::wait(long milliseconds)
 {
 	if (!_pResult) return 0;
diff --git a/Data/src/StatementImpl.cpp b/Data/src/StatementImpl.cpp
index 11d1e66d8..26e051045 100644
--- a/Data/src/StatementImpl.cpp
+++ b/Data/src/StatementImpl.cpp
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ Poco::UInt32 StatementImpl::executeWithLimit()
 		_state = ST_DONE;
 	else if (hasNext() && _extrLimit.value() == count && _extrLimit.isHardLimit())
 		throw LimitException("HardLimit reached. We got more data than we asked for");
+	else
+		_state = ST_PAUSED;
 
 	return count;
 }
diff --git a/Data/testsuite/src/DataTest.cpp b/Data/testsuite/src/DataTest.cpp
index 3bab609c8..ec0daaaf7 100644
--- a/Data/testsuite/src/DataTest.cpp
+++ b/Data/testsuite/src/DataTest.cpp
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ void DataTest::testColumnVector()
 
 	try
 	{
-		int i = c[100];
+		int i; i = c[100]; // to silence gcc
 		fail ("must fail");
 	}
 	catch (RangeException&) { }
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ void DataTest::testColumnVectorBool()
 
 	try
 	{
-		bool b = c[100];
+		bool b; b = c[100]; // to silence gcc
 		fail ("must fail");
 	}
 	catch (RangeException&) { }
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ void DataTest::testColumnDeque()
 
 	try
 	{
-		int i = c[100];
+		int i; i = c[100]; // to silence gcc
 		fail ("must fail");
 	}
 	catch (RangeException&) { }
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ void DataTest::testColumnList()
 
 	try
 	{
-		int i = c[100];
+		int i; i = c[100]; // to silence gcc
 		fail ("must fail");
 	}
 	catch (RangeException&) { }
@@ -658,13 +658,13 @@ void DataTest::testRow()
 
 	try
 	{
-		int i = row[5];
+		int i; i = row[5]; // to silence gcc
 		fail ("must fail");
 	}catch (RangeException&) {}
 
 	try
 	{
-		int i = row["a bad name"];
+		int i; i = row["a bad name"]; // to silence gcc
 		fail ("must fail");
 	}catch (NotFoundException&) {}