diff --git a/promise.js b/promise.js
index fc74cc0c3a..1b8d940d58 100644
--- a/promise.js
+++ b/promise.js
@@ -124,6 +124,13 @@ class PromiseConnection extends EventEmitter {
     });
   }
 
+  taggedExecute() {
+    return (strings, ...keys) => {
+      const statementQuery = strings.join('?');
+      return this.execute(statementQuery, keys).then(result => result[0])
+    }
+  }
+
   end() {
     return new this.Promise(resolve => {
       this.connection.end(resolve);
@@ -372,6 +379,13 @@ class PromisePool extends EventEmitter {
     });
   }
 
+  taggedExecute() {
+    return (strings, ...keys) => {
+      const statementQuery = strings.join('?');
+      return this.execute(statementQuery, keys).then(result => result[0]);
+    }
+  }
+
   end() {
     const corePool = this.pool;
     const localErr = new Error();
diff --git a/test/integration/connection/test-connect-after-connection-error.js b/test/integration/connection/test-connect-after-connection-error.js
index 0eb19c5c54..001a33fbc8 100644
--- a/test/integration/connection/test-connect-after-connection-error.js
+++ b/test/integration/connection/test-connect-after-connection-error.js
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ portfinder.getPort((err, port) => {
   let serverConnection;
   server.listen(port);
   server.on('connection', conn => {
-    console.log('Here!');
     conn.serverHandshake({
       serverVersion: '5.6.10',
       capabilityFlags: 2181036031
diff --git a/test/integration/connection/test-connect-connection-closed-error.js b/test/integration/connection/test-connect-connection-closed-error.js
index f6efc3bd6a..84e7749db2 100644
--- a/test/integration/connection/test-connect-connection-closed-error.js
+++ b/test/integration/connection/test-connect-connection-closed-error.js
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ portfinder.getPort((err, port) => {
   const server = mysql.createServer();
   server.listen(port);
   server.on('connection', conn => {
-    console.log('Here!');
     conn.close();
   });
 
diff --git a/test/integration/connection/test-connect-time-error.js b/test/integration/connection/test-connect-time-error.js
index 48fe86dcc5..ed3e64ef4b 100644
--- a/test/integration/connection/test-connect-time-error.js
+++ b/test/integration/connection/test-connect-time-error.js
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ portfinder.getPort((err, port) => {
   const server = mysql.createServer();
   server.listen(port);
   server.on('connection', conn => {
-    console.log('Here!');
     conn.writeError(new Error(ERROR_TEXT));
     conn.close();
   });
diff --git a/test/integration/connection/test-execute-bind-date.js b/test/integration/connection/test-execute-bind-date.js
index d98e58ce5b..525a4b3290 100644
--- a/test/integration/connection/test-execute-bind-date.js
+++ b/test/integration/connection/test-execute-bind-date.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const assert = require('assert');
 const date = new Date(2018, 2, 10, 15, 12, 34, 1234);
 
 let rows;
-connection.execute('SELECT ? AS result', [date], (err, _rows) => {
+connection.execute('SELECT CAST(? AS DATETIME(6)) AS result', [date], (err, _rows) => {
   if (err) {
     throw err;
   }