diff --git a/libraries/joomla/database/driver/sqlsrv.php b/libraries/joomla/database/driver/sqlsrv.php
index cadf3742bab59..a73f4b1da0a62 100644
--- a/libraries/joomla/database/driver/sqlsrv.php
+++ b/libraries/joomla/database/driver/sqlsrv.php
@@ -543,39 +543,6 @@ public function insertid()
 		return (int) $this->loadResult();
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Method to get the first field of the first row of the result set from the database query.
-	 *
-	 * @return  mixed  The return value or null if the query failed.
-	 *
-	 * @since   12.1
-	 * @throws  RuntimeException
-	 */
-	public function loadResult()
-	{
-		$ret = null;
-
-		// Execute the query and get the result set cursor.
-		if (!($cursor = $this->execute()))
-		{
-			return;
-		}
-
-		// Get the first row from the result set as an array.
-		if ($row = sqlsrv_fetch_array($cursor, SQLSRV_FETCH_NUMERIC))
-		{
-			$ret = $row[0];
-		}
-
-		// Free up system resources and return.
-		$this->freeResult($cursor);
-
-		// For SQLServer - we need to strip slashes
-		$ret = stripslashes($ret);
-
-		return $ret;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Execute the SQL statement.
 	 *
@@ -942,7 +909,21 @@ public function transactionStart($asSavepoint = false)
 	 */
 	protected function fetchArray($cursor = null)
 	{
-		return sqlsrv_fetch_array($cursor ? $cursor : $this->cursor, SQLSRV_FETCH_NUMERIC);
+		$row = sqlsrv_fetch_array($cursor ? $cursor : $this->cursor, SQLSRV_FETCH_NUMERIC);
+
+		if (is_array($row))
+		{
+			// For SQLServer - we need to strip slashes
+			foreach ($row as &$value)
+			{
+				if ($value !== null)
+				{
+					$value = stripslashes($value);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		return $row;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -956,7 +937,21 @@ protected function fetchArray($cursor = null)
 	 */
 	protected function fetchAssoc($cursor = null)
 	{
-		return sqlsrv_fetch_array($cursor ? $cursor : $this->cursor, SQLSRV_FETCH_ASSOC);
+		$row = sqlsrv_fetch_array($cursor ? $cursor : $this->cursor, SQLSRV_FETCH_ASSOC);
+
+		if (is_array($row))
+		{
+			// For SQLServer - we need to strip slashes
+			foreach ($row as &$value)
+			{
+				if ($value !== null)
+				{
+					$value = stripslashes($value);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		return $row;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -971,7 +966,21 @@ protected function fetchAssoc($cursor = null)
 	 */
 	protected function fetchObject($cursor = null, $class = 'stdClass')
 	{
-		return sqlsrv_fetch_object($cursor ? $cursor : $this->cursor, $class);
+		$row = sqlsrv_fetch_object($cursor ? $cursor : $this->cursor, $class);
+
+		if (is_object($row))
+		{
+			// For SQLServer - we need to strip slashes
+			foreach (get_object_vars($row) as $key => $value)
+			{
+				if ($value !== null)
+				{
+					$row->$key = stripslashes($value);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		return $row;
 	}
 
 	/**