diff --git a/SQLitePlugin.coffee.md b/SQLitePlugin.coffee.md
index ad7f76bf9..af282f0da 100644
--- a/SQLitePlugin.coffee.md
+++ b/SQLitePlugin.coffee.md
@@ -290,8 +290,6 @@ License for common Javascript: MIT or Apache
 
         tropts.push
           qid: qid
-          # for ios version:
-          query: [request.sql].concat(request.params)
           sql: request.sql
           params: request.params
 
diff --git a/src/ios/SQLitePlugin.m b/src/ios/SQLitePlugin.m
index 4c61d7f3c..5d69b19cd 100755
--- a/src/ios/SQLitePlugin.m
+++ b/src/ios/SQLitePlugin.m
@@ -352,24 +352,24 @@ -(void) executeSql: (CDVInvokedUrlCommand*)command
 -(CDVPluginResult*) executeSqlWithDict: (NSMutableDictionary*)options andArgs: (NSMutableDictionary*)dbargs
 {
     NSString *dbPath = [self getDBPath:[dbargs objectForKey:@"dbname"]];
-
-    NSMutableArray *query_parts = [options objectForKey:@"query"];
-    NSString *query = [query_parts objectAtIndex:0];
-
     if (dbPath == NULL) {
         return [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_ERROR messageAsString:@"You must specify database path"];
     }
-    if (query == NULL) {
-        return [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_ERROR messageAsString:@"You must specify a query to execute"];
+    
+    NSString *sql = [options objectForKey:@"sql"];
+    if (sql == NULL) {
+        return [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_ERROR messageAsString:@"You must specify a sql query to execute"];
     }
 
+    NSMutableArray *params = [options objectForKey:@"params"]; // optional
+
     NSValue *dbPointer = [openDBs objectForKey:dbPath];
     if (dbPointer == NULL) {
         return [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_ERROR messageAsString:@"No such database, you must open it first"];
     }
     sqlite3 *db = [dbPointer pointerValue];
 
-    const char *sql_stmt = [query UTF8String];
+    const char *sql_stmt = [sql UTF8String];
     NSDictionary *error = nil;
     sqlite3_stmt *statement;
     int result, i, column_type, count;
@@ -392,9 +392,9 @@ -(CDVPluginResult*) executeSqlWithDict: (NSMutableDictionary*)options andArgs: (
     if (sqlite3_prepare_v2(db, sql_stmt, -1, &statement, NULL) != SQLITE_OK) {
         error = [SQLitePlugin captureSQLiteErrorFromDb:db];
         keepGoing = NO;
-    } else {
-        for (int b = 1; b < query_parts.count; b++) {
-            [self bindStatement:statement withArg:[query_parts objectAtIndex:b] atIndex:b];
+    } else if(params != NULL) {
+        for (int b = 0; b < params.count; b++) {
+            [self bindStatement:statement withArg:[params objectAtIndex:b] atIndex:(b+1)];
         }
     }
 
@@ -489,13 +489,19 @@ -(void)bindStatement:(sqlite3_stmt *)statement withArg:(NSObject *)arg atIndex:(
         } else if (strcmp(numberType, @encode(double)) == 0) {
             sqlite3_bind_double(statement, argIndex, [numberArg doubleValue]);
         } else {
-            sqlite3_bind_text(statement, argIndex, [[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@", arg] UTF8String], -1, SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
+            sqlite3_bind_text(statement, argIndex, [[arg description] UTF8String], -1, SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
         }
     } else { // NSString
-        NSString *stringArg = (NSString *)arg;
+        NSString *stringArg;
+        
+        if ([arg isKindOfClass:[NSString class]]) {
+            stringArg = (NSString *)arg;
+        } else {
+            stringArg = [arg description]; // convert to text
+        }
+        
         NSData *data = [stringArg dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
-
-          sqlite3_bind_text(statement, argIndex, data.bytes, data.length, SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
+        sqlite3_bind_text(statement, argIndex, data.bytes, data.length, SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/test-www/www/index.html b/test-www/www/index.html
index 7d01e6d67..c3cb5cc9a 100755
--- a/test-www/www/index.html
+++ b/test-www/www/index.html
@@ -589,6 +589,40 @@
           });
         });
 
+        // This test shows that the plugin does not throw an error when trying to serialize
+        // an unsupported parameter type. Blob becomes an empty dictionary on iOS, for example,
+        // and so this verifies the type is converted to a string and continues. Web SQL does
+        // the same but on the JavaScript side and converts to a string like `[object Blob]`.
+        if (typeof ArrayBuffer !== "undefined") test(suiteName + "unsupported parameter type as string", function() {
+          var db = openDatabase("Blob-test.db", "1.0", "Demo", DEFAULT_SIZE);
+          ok(!!db, "db object");
+          stop(1);
+
+          db.transaction(function(tx) {
+            ok(!!tx, "tx object");
+
+            var buffer = new ArrayBuffer(5);
+            var view   = new Uint8Array(buffer);
+            view[0] = 'h'.charCodeAt();
+            view[1] = 'e'.charCodeAt();
+            view[2] = 'l'.charCodeAt();
+            view[3] = 'l'.charCodeAt();
+            view[4] = 'o'.charCodeAt();
+            var blob = new Blob([view.buffer], { type:"application/octet-stream" });
+            
+            tx.executeSql('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test_table');
+            tx.executeSql('CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS test_table (foo blob)');
+            tx.executeSql('INSERT INTO test_table VALUES (?)', [blob], function(tx, res) {
+              ok(true, "insert as string succeeds");
+              start(1);
+            });
+            start(1);
+          }, function(err) { 
+            ok(false, "transaction does not serialize real data but still should not fail: " + err.message);
+            start(2);
+          });
+        });
+
         test(suiteName + "readTransaction should throw on modification", function() {
           stop();
           var db = openDatabase("Database-readonly", "1.0", "Demo", DEFAULT_SIZE);
diff --git a/www/SQLitePlugin.js b/www/SQLitePlugin.js
index 11f2db57a..de5861713 100644
--- a/www/SQLitePlugin.js
+++ b/www/SQLitePlugin.js
@@ -300,7 +300,6 @@
       };
       tropts.push({
         qid: qid,
-        query: [request.sql].concat(request.params),
         sql: request.sql,
         params: request.params
       });