diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 76cb6fea..ebd75021 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ node_js:
 before_script:
   - npm install npm --global
   - node script/create-test-tables.js pg://postgres@127.0.0.1:5432/postgres
+env:
+  - PGUSER=postgres PGDATABASE=postgres
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f87d810d..64d50f97 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ __I love contributions.__
 You are welcome contribute via pull requests.  If you need help getting the tests running locally feel free to email me or gchat me.
 
 I will __happily__ accept your pull request if it:
-- _)has tests__
+- __has tests__
 - looks reasonable
 - does not break backwards compatibility
 - satisfies jshint
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ node-postgres is by design _low level_ with the bare minimum of abstraction.  Th
 - [brianc/node-sql](https://github.com/brianc/node-sql) - SQL generation for node.js
 - [hiddentao/suqel](https://hiddentao.github.io/squel/) - SQL query string builder for Javascript
 - [CSNW/sql-bricks](https://github.com/CSNW/sql-bricks) - Transparent, Schemaless SQL Generation
+- [datalanche/node-pg-format](https://github.com/datalanche/node-pg-format) - Safely and easily create dynamic SQL queries with this Node implementation of [PostgreSQL format()](http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/functions-string.html#FUNCTIONS-STRING-FORMAT).
+- [iceddev/pg-transact](https://github.com/iceddev/pg-transact) - A nicer API on node-postgres transactions
 
 
 ### Windows
diff --git a/lib/client.js b/lib/client.js
index 5759706e..53b4481d 100644
--- a/lib/client.js
+++ b/lib/client.js
@@ -115,6 +115,15 @@ Client.prototype.connect = function(callback) {
       self.activeQuery.handleCommandComplete(msg, con);
     });
 
+    //if a prepared statement has a name and properly parses
+    //we track that its already been executed so we don't parse
+    //it again on the same client
+    con.on('parseComplete', function(msg) {
+      if(self.activeQuery.name) {
+        con.parsedStatements[self.activeQuery.name] = true;
+      }
+    });
+
     con.on('copyInResponse', function(msg) {
       self.activeQuery.handleCopyInResponse(self.connection);
     });
diff --git a/lib/query.js b/lib/query.js
index dc98580a..69be6e47 100644
--- a/lib/query.js
+++ b/lib/query.js
@@ -135,9 +135,6 @@ Query.prototype.prepare = function(connection) {
       name: self.name,
       types: self.types
     }, true);
-    if(this.name) {
-      connection.parsedStatements[this.name] = true;
-    }
   }
 
   //TODO is there some better way to prepare values for the database?
diff --git a/test/integration/gh-issues/199-tests.js b/test/integration/gh-issues/199-tests.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b60477fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/gh-issues/199-tests.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+var helper = require('../test-helper');
+var client = helper.client();
+
+client.query('CREATE TEMP TABLE arrtest (n integer, s varchar)');
+client.query("INSERT INTO arrtest VALUES (4, 'foo'), (5, 'bar'), (6, 'baz');");
+
+var qText = "SELECT \
+ARRAY[1, 2, 3] AS b,\
+ARRAY['xx', 'yy', 'zz'] AS c,\
+ARRAY(SELECT n FROM arrtest) AS d,\
+ARRAY(SELECT s FROM arrtest) AS e;";
+
+client.query(qText, function(err, result) {
+  if(err) throw err;
+  var row = result.rows[0];
+  for(var key in row) {
+    assert.equal(typeof row[key], 'object');
+    assert.equal(row[key].length, 3);
+  }
+  client.end();
+});
diff --git a/test/integration/gh-issues/600-tests.js b/test/integration/gh-issues/600-tests.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0476d42d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/gh-issues/600-tests.js
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+var async = require('async');
+var helper = require('../test-helper');
+
+var db = helper.client();
+
+function createTableFoo(callback){
+    db.query("create temp table foo(column1 int, column2 int)", callback);
+}
+
+function createTableBar(callback){
+    db.query("create temp table bar(column1 text, column2 text)", callback);
+}
+
+function insertDataFoo(callback){
+    db.query({
+        name: 'insertFoo',
+        text: 'insert into foo values($1,$2)',
+        values:['one','two']
+    }, callback );
+}
+
+function insertDataBar(callback){
+    db.query({
+        name: 'insertBar',
+        text: 'insert into bar values($1,$2)',
+        values:['one','two']
+    }, callback );
+}
+
+function startTransaction(callback) {
+    db.query('BEGIN', callback);
+}
+function endTransaction(callback) {
+    db.query('COMMIT', callback);
+}
+
+function doTransaction(callback) {
+    // The transaction runs startTransaction, then all queries, then endTransaction,
+    // no matter if there has been an error in a query in the middle.
+    startTransaction(function() {
+        insertDataFoo(function() {
+            insertDataBar(function() {
+                endTransaction( callback );
+            });
+        });
+    });
+}
+
+var steps = [
+  createTableFoo,
+  createTableBar,
+  doTransaction,
+  insertDataBar
+]
+
+test('test if query fails', function() {
+  async.series(steps, assert.success(function() {
+    db.end()
+  }))
+})
+
+test('test if prepare works but bind fails', function() {
+  var client = helper.client();
+  var q = {
+    text: 'SELECT $1::int as name',
+    values: ['brian'],
+    name: 'test'
+  };
+  client.query(q, assert.calls(function(err, res) {
+    q.values = [1];
+    client.query(q, assert.calls(function(err, res) {
+      assert.ifError(err);
+      client.end();
+    }));
+  }));
+});
+
diff --git a/test/integration/gh-issues/675-tests.js b/test/integration/gh-issues/675-tests.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..128afc65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/gh-issues/675-tests.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+var helper = require('../test-helper');
+var assert = require('assert');
+
+helper.pg.connect(function(err, client, done) {
+  if (err) throw err;
+
+  var c = 'CREATE TEMP TABLE posts (body TEXT)';
+
+  client.query(c, function(err) {
+    if (err) throw err;
+
+    c = 'INSERT INTO posts (body) VALUES ($1) RETURNING *';
+
+    var body = new Buffer('foo');
+    client.query(c, [body], function(err) {
+      if (err) throw err;
+
+      body = new Buffer([]);
+      client.query(c, [body], function(err, res) {
+        done();
+
+        if (err) throw err;
+        assert.equal(res.rows[0].body, '')
+        helper.pg.end();
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});