diff --git a/lib/core/database/compact_result_dataset.dart b/lib/core/database/compact_result_dataset.dart
index 979a5ee4..50f8e5d9 100644
--- a/lib/core/database/compact_result_dataset.dart
+++ b/lib/core/database/compact_result_dataset.dart
@@ -131,11 +131,13 @@ class GenericCompactColumn implements CompactColumn {
   GenericCompactColumn({
     required this.values,
     required this.length,
+    this.formatter,
   });
 
   final List<Object?> values;
   @override
   final int length;
+  final String Function(Object?)? formatter;
 
   @override
   CompactColumnKind get kind => CompactColumnKind.generic;
@@ -150,6 +152,10 @@ class GenericCompactColumn implements CompactColumn {
   String stringValueAt(int index, [StringInternPool? pool]) {
     final val = values[index];
     if (val == null) return 'NULL';
+    if (formatter != null) {
+      final str = formatter!(val);
+      return pool != null ? pool.intern(str) : str;
+    }
     return pool != null ? pool.internObject(val) : val.toString();
   }
 }
@@ -208,9 +214,13 @@ class CompactResultDataset {
 
   /// Constructs a [CompactResultDataset] from raw rows, detecting column types
   /// and packing numeric columns into [Int64List] / [Float64List].
+  ///
+  /// An optional [cellFormatter] callback can be provided to customize display string
+  /// formatting for driver-specific types (e.g. blobs, timestamps, boolean tinyints).
   static CompactResultDataset fromRawRows(
     List<String> columnNames,
     List<List<Object?>> rawRows, {
+    String Function(Object? value, int colIndex)? cellFormatter,
     StringInternPool? pool,
   }) {
     final rowCount = rawRows.length;
@@ -239,14 +249,27 @@ class CompactResultDataset {
         if (val == null) continue;
         sampleCount++;
 
-        if (val is! int) {
-          allInt = false;
-        }
-        if (val is! num) {
-          allFloat = false;
-        }
-        if (val is! String) {
-          allString = false;
+        if (cellFormatter != null) {
+          final formatted = cellFormatter(val, col);
+          if (allInt && (val is! int || formatted != val.toString())) {
+            allInt = false;
+          }
+          if (allFloat && (val is! num || formatted != val.toString())) {
+            allFloat = false;
+          }
+          if (allString && (val is! String || formatted != val)) {
+            allString = false;
+          }
+        } else {
+          if (val is! int) {
+            allInt = false;
+          }
+          if (val is! num) {
+            allFloat = false;
+          }
+          if (val is! String) {
+            allString = false;
+          }
         }
 
         if (sampleCount >= 60 && !allInt && !allFloat && !allString) {
@@ -340,6 +363,7 @@ class CompactResultDataset {
           compactColumns.add(GenericCompactColumn(
             values: values,
             length: rowCount,
+            formatter: cellFormatter != null ? (v) => cellFormatter(v, col) : null,
           ));
       }
     }
diff --git a/lib/core/database/sql_query_runner.dart b/lib/core/database/sql_query_runner.dart
index cc81271e..2d4db74c 100644
--- a/lib/core/database/sql_query_runner.dart
+++ b/lib/core/database/sql_query_runner.dart
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
+import 'package:querya_desktop/core/database/compact_result_dataset.dart';
 
 /// Read side of a SQL session: run a statement, explain it, release it.
 ///
@@ -32,12 +33,38 @@ class SqlExecutionResult {
     this.statusMessage,
     this.elapsed,
     this.isTruncated = false,
+    this.dataset,
   });
 
+  /// Creates a [SqlExecutionResult] backed by a [CompactResultDataset].
+  ///
+  /// [rows] defaults to [dataset.asLazyRowList()], providing unformatted on-demand
+  /// access to cells for virtualized grid rendering while avoiding upfront
+  /// allocation of millions of string objects.
+  factory SqlExecutionResult.fromDataset({
+    required CompactResultDataset dataset,
+    int? affectedRows,
+    String? statusMessage,
+    Duration? elapsed,
+    bool isTruncated = false,
+    List<List<String>>? rows,
+  }) {
+    return SqlExecutionResult(
+      columns: dataset.columnNames,
+      rows: rows ?? dataset.asLazyRowList(),
+      affectedRows: affectedRows,
+      statusMessage: statusMessage,
+      elapsed: elapsed,
+      isTruncated: isTruncated,
+      dataset: dataset,
+    );
+  }
+
   final List<String> columns;
   final List<List<String>> rows;
   final int? affectedRows;
   final String? statusMessage;
   final Duration? elapsed;
   final bool isTruncated;
+  final CompactResultDataset? dataset;
 }
diff --git a/lib/features/mysql/mysql_sql_workspace.dart b/lib/features/mysql/mysql_sql_workspace.dart
index c8d13e9d..3135af26 100644
--- a/lib/features/mysql/mysql_sql_workspace.dart
+++ b/lib/features/mysql/mysql_sql_workspace.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import 'dart:async';
 
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart' as material;
+import 'package:querya_desktop/core/database/compact_result_dataset.dart';
 import 'package:querya_desktop/core/database/mysql_result_cells.dart';
 import 'package:querya_desktop/core/database/mysql_service.dart';
 import 'package:querya_desktop/core/database/result_row_string_convert.dart';
@@ -107,34 +108,29 @@ class MysqlSqlExecutionDelegate extends BaseSqlExecutionDelegate {
       },
     );
     final colList = rs.cols.toList();
-    final pool = StringInternPool();
-    final outRows = <List<String>>[];
+    final rawRows = <List<Object?>>[];
     for (var r = 0; r < taken.items.length; r++) {
       final row = taken.items[r];
-      outRows.add(
-        List.generate(
-          row.numOfColumns,
-          (i) {
-            final col = i < colList.length ? colList[i] : null;
-            return mysqlResultCellToDisplayString(
-              row.colAt(i),
-              column: col,
-              pool: pool,
-            );
-          },
-        ),
-      );
-      if (kResultStringConvertYieldEvery > 0 &&
-          (r + 1) % kResultStringConvertYieldEvery == 0) {
-        await Future<void>.delayed(Duration.zero);
-      }
+      rawRows.add([
+        for (var i = 0; i < row.numOfColumns; i++) row.colAt(i),
+      ]);
     }
+
+    final dataset = CompactResultDataset.fromRawRows(
+      cols,
+      rawRows,
+      cellFormatter: (val, colIndex) {
+        final col = colIndex < colList.length ? colList[colIndex] : null;
+        return mysqlResultCellToDisplayString(val, column: col);
+      },
+    );
+
     final truncated =
-        taken.truncated || (effectiveSql != sql && outRows.length >= cap);
-    final n = outRows.length;
+        taken.truncated || (effectiveSql != sql && dataset.rowCount >= cap);
+    final n = dataset.rowCount;
 
     int? affected;
-    if (cols.isEmpty && outRows.isEmpty) {
+    if (cols.isEmpty && dataset.rowCount == 0) {
       affected = _affectedInt(rs.affectedRows);
     }
 
@@ -146,9 +142,8 @@ class MysqlSqlExecutionDelegate extends BaseSqlExecutionDelegate {
       cap: cap,
     );
 
-    return SqlExecutionResult(
-      columns: cols,
-      rows: outRows,
+    return SqlExecutionResult.fromDataset(
+      dataset: dataset,
       affectedRows: affected,
       statusMessage: statusMsg,
       isTruncated: truncated,
diff --git a/lib/features/postgresql/postgres_sql_workspace.dart b/lib/features/postgresql/postgres_sql_workspace.dart
index 2d7b9375..89decbb8 100644
--- a/lib/features/postgresql/postgres_sql_workspace.dart
+++ b/lib/features/postgresql/postgres_sql_workspace.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import 'dart:async';
 
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart' as material;
+import 'package:querya_desktop/core/database/compact_result_dataset.dart';
+import 'package:querya_desktop/core/database/postgres_result_cells.dart';
 import 'package:querya_desktop/core/database/postgres_service.dart';
 import 'package:querya_desktop/core/database/postgres_sql.dart';
 import 'package:querya_desktop/core/database/sql_table_target_extractor.dart';
@@ -8,7 +10,6 @@ import 'package:querya_desktop/core/database/table_mutation_engine.dart';
 import 'package:querya_desktop/core/storage/app_settings.dart';
 import 'package:querya_desktop/core/storage/local_db.dart';
 import 'package:querya_desktop/features/postgresql/postgres_object_kind.dart';
-import 'package:querya_desktop/features/postgresql/postgres_result_utils.dart';
 import 'package:querya_desktop/features/postgresql/postgres_table_utils.dart';
 import 'package:querya_desktop/features/workspace/workspace.dart';
 import 'package:querya_desktop/features/workspace/query_plan.dart';
@@ -129,28 +130,29 @@ class PostgresSqlExecutionDelegate extends BaseSqlExecutionDelegate {
       n++;
     }
 
-    final outRows = await convertPostgresResultRowsToStringsAdaptive(
-      PostgresResultConvertJob(
-        rowValues: rawRows,
-        columnTypeOids: [
-          for (final c in schema.columns) c.typeOid,
-        ],
-      ),
+    final dataset = CompactResultDataset.fromRawRows(
+      cols,
+      rawRows,
+      cellFormatter: (val, colIndex) {
+        final typeOid = colIndex < schema.columns.length
+            ? schema.columns[colIndex].typeOid
+            : null;
+        return postgresResultCellToDisplayString(val, typeOid: typeOid);
+      },
     );
 
     final isTruncated = result.length >= cap;
     final statusMsg = formatStatusMessage(
       columnCount: cols.length,
-      rowCount: outRows.length,
+      rowCount: dataset.rowCount,
       affectedRows: result.affectedRows,
       isTruncated: isTruncated,
       cap: cap,
       successPrefix: 'Command completed.',
     );
 
-    return SqlExecutionResult(
-      columns: cols,
-      rows: outRows,
+    return SqlExecutionResult.fromDataset(
+      dataset: dataset,
       affectedRows: result.affectedRows,
       statusMessage: statusMsg,
       isTruncated: isTruncated,
diff --git a/lib/features/sqlite/sqlite_sql_workspace.dart b/lib/features/sqlite/sqlite_sql_workspace.dart
index 3e4e3f8f..38969b5c 100644
--- a/lib/features/sqlite/sqlite_sql_workspace.dart
+++ b/lib/features/sqlite/sqlite_sql_workspace.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import 'dart:async';
 
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart' as material;
+import 'package:querya_desktop/core/database/compact_result_dataset.dart';
 import 'package:querya_desktop/core/database/sql_limit.dart';
 import 'package:querya_desktop/core/database/sql_table_target_extractor.dart';
 import 'package:querya_desktop/core/database/sqlite_service.dart';
@@ -112,8 +113,10 @@ class SqliteSqlExecutionDelegate extends BaseSqlExecutionDelegate {
       count++;
     }
 
-    final outRows = await convertSqliteResultRowsToStringsAdaptive(
-      SqliteResultConvertJob(rowValues: rawRows),
+    final dataset = CompactResultDataset.fromRawRows(
+      cols,
+      rawRows,
+      cellFormatter: (val, _) => sqliteResultCellToDisplayString(val),
     );
 
     final isTruncated = truncated || (injectedLimit && results.length >= cap);
@@ -124,11 +127,10 @@ class SqliteSqlExecutionDelegate extends BaseSqlExecutionDelegate {
       cap: cap,
     );
 
-    return SqlExecutionResult(
-      columns: cols,
-      rows: outRows,
+    return SqlExecutionResult.fromDataset(
+      dataset: dataset,
       statusMessage: statusMsg,
-      isTruncated: truncated || (injectedLimit && results.length >= cap),
+      isTruncated: isTruncated,
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/test/core/database/compact_result_dataset_test.dart b/test/core/database/compact_result_dataset_test.dart
index 1537556a..0248ed56 100644
--- a/test/core/database/compact_result_dataset_test.dart
+++ b/test/core/database/compact_result_dataset_test.dart
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import 'dart:typed_data';
 
 import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
 import 'package:querya_desktop/core/database/compact_result_dataset.dart';
+import 'package:querya_desktop/core/database/sql_query_runner.dart';
 
 void main() {
   group('CompactResultDataset', () {
@@ -162,5 +163,75 @@ void main() {
       expect(column.stringValueAt(2), '0.0');
       expect(column.stringValueAt(3), '100.0');
     });
+
+    test('fromRawRows with cellFormatter customizes generic column formatting and overrides primitives', () {
+      final columns = ['id', 'is_active', 'raw_bytes'];
+      final rows = <List<Object?>>[
+        [101, 1, [0xde, 0xad]],
+        [102, 0, [0xbe, 0xef]],
+        [103, null, null],
+      ];
+
+      final dataset = CompactResultDataset.fromRawRows(
+        columns,
+        rows,
+        cellFormatter: (val, colIndex) {
+          if (colIndex == 1) {
+            return val == 1 ? 'true' : (val == 0 ? 'false' : 'NULL');
+          }
+          if (colIndex == 2 && val is List<int>) {
+            return '0x${val.map((b) => b.toRadixString(16).padLeft(2, '0')).join()}';
+          }
+          return val.toString();
+        },
+      );
+
+      expect(dataset.columns[0].kind, CompactColumnKind.int64);
+      // is_active was 1 and 0, but cellFormatter returned 'true' / 'false' != '1' / '0',
+      // so it was correctly recognized as generic with formatter
+      expect(dataset.columns[1].kind, CompactColumnKind.generic);
+      expect(dataset.columns[2].kind, CompactColumnKind.generic);
+
+      expect(dataset.cellAt(0, 0), '101');
+      expect(dataset.cellAt(0, 1), 'true');
+      expect(dataset.cellAt(0, 2), '0xdead');
+
+      expect(dataset.cellAt(1, 0), '102');
+      expect(dataset.cellAt(1, 1), 'false');
+      expect(dataset.cellAt(1, 2), '0xbeef');
+
+      expect(dataset.cellAt(2, 0), '103');
+      expect(dataset.cellAt(2, 1), 'NULL');
+      expect(dataset.cellAt(2, 2), 'NULL');
+    });
+
+    test('SqlExecutionResult.fromDataset provides transparent lazy rows and backwards compatibility', () {
+      final columns = ['title', 'views'];
+      final rows = <List<Object?>>[
+        ['First Post', 42],
+        ['Second Post', 100],
+      ];
+
+      final dataset = CompactResultDataset.fromRawRows(columns, rows);
+      final result = SqlExecutionResult.fromDataset(
+        dataset: dataset,
+        affectedRows: null,
+        statusMessage: '2 rows fetched',
+        isTruncated: false,
+      );
+
+      expect(result.dataset, same(dataset));
+      expect(result.columns, ['title', 'views']);
+      expect(result.statusMessage, '2 rows fetched');
+      expect(result.isTruncated, isFalse);
+
+      // rows is lazy and fully matches List<List<String>> contract
+      expect(result.rows.length, 2);
+      expect(result.rows[0], ['First Post', '42']);
+      expect(result.rows[1], ['Second Post', '100']);
+      expect(result.rows[0][0], 'First Post');
+      expect(result.rows[1][1], '100');
+    });
   });
 }
+