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diff --git a/includes/database/database.inc b/includes/database/database.inc
index 916ca4cc6..98f3497ae 100644
--- a/includes/database/database.inc
+++ b/includes/database/database.inc
@@ -2005,6 +2005,91 @@ class DatabaseStatementBase extends PDOStatement implements DatabaseStatementInt
 }
 
 /**
+ * Empty implementation of a database statement.
+ *
+ * This class satisfies the requirements of being a database statement/result
+ * object, but does not actually contain data.  It is useful when developers
+ * need to safely return an "empty" result set without connecting to an actual
+ * database.  Calling code can then treat it the same as if it were an actual
+ * result set that happens to contain no records.
+ *
+ * @see SearchQuery
+ */
+class DatabaseStatementEmpty implements Iterator, DatabaseStatementInterface {
+
+  public function execute($args = array(), $options = array()) {
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  public function getQueryString() {
+    return '';
+  }
+
+  public function rowCount() {
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  public function setFetchMode($mode, $a1 = NULL, $a2 = array()) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  public function fetch($mode = NULL, $cursor_orientation = NULL, $cursor_offset = NULL) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  public function fetchField($index = 0) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  public function fetchObject() {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  public function fetchAssoc() {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  function fetchAll($mode = NULL, $column_index = NULL, array $constructor_arguments = array()) {
+    return array();
+  }
+
+  public function fetchCol($index = 0) {
+    return array();
+  }
+
+  public function fetchAllKeyed($key_index = 0, $value_index = 1) {
+    return array();
+  }
+
+  public function fetchAllAssoc($key, $fetch = PDO::FETCH_OBJ) {
+    return array();
+  }
+
+  /* Implementations of Iterator. */
+
+  public function current() {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  public function key() {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  public function rewind() {
+    // Nothing to do: our DatabaseStatement can't be rewound.
+  }
+
+  public function next() {
+    // Do nothing, since this is an always-empty implementation.
+  }
+
+  public function valid() {
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+}
+
+
+/**
  * The following utility functions are simply convenience wrappers.
  * They should never, ever have any database-specific code in them.
  */