diff --git a/ykval-checksum-clients.php b/ykval-checksum-clients.php
index fc12547..7d2854b 100755
--- a/ykval-checksum-clients.php
+++ b/ykval-checksum-clients.php
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ $result=$db->customQuery("SELECT id, active, secret ".
 			 "FROM clients ".
 			 "ORDER BY id");
 while($row = $db->fetchArray($result)) {
-  $active = $db->getRowValue($row, 'active');
+  $active = $row['active'];
   if ($active == "") {
     # For some reason PostgreSQL returns empty strings for false values?!
     $active = "0";
   }
   $everything = $everything .
-    $db->getRowValue($row, 'id') . "\t" . $active . "\t" .
-    $db->getRowValue($row, 'secret') . "\n";
+    $row['id'] . "\t" . $active . "\t" .
+    $row['secret'] . "\n";
 }
 
 $db->closeCursor($result);
diff --git a/ykval-db-pdo.php b/ykval-db-pdo.php
index 83592d1..ba2371d 100644
--- a/ykval-db-pdo.php
+++ b/ykval-db-pdo.php
@@ -205,20 +205,6 @@ class DbImpl extends Db
       return 0;
     }
   }
-
-  /**
-   * Function to return the value corresponding to a given attribute name
-   * PDO requires lower case strings, whereas OCI requires upper case strings
-   *
-   * @param array $row Query result's row
-   * @param string $key Attribute name
-   * @return string Value of the attribute in this row
-   *
-   */
-  public function getRowValue($row, $key)
-  {
-    return $row[$key];
-  }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/ykval-export-clients.php b/ykval-export-clients.php
index 39e9fb5..6c599ba 100755
--- a/ykval-export-clients.php
+++ b/ykval-export-clients.php
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ if (!$db->connect()) {
 
 $result = $db->customQuery("select id, active, created, secret, email, notes, otp from clients order by id");
 while($row = $db->fetchArray($result)) {
-  echo $db->getRowValue($row, 'id') .
-    "\t" . $db->getRowValue($row, 'active') .
-    "\t" . $db->getRowValue($row, 'created') .
-    "\t" . $db->getRowValue($row, 'secret') .
-    "\t" . $db->getRowValue($row, 'email') .
-    "\t" . $db->getRowValue($row, 'notes') .
-    "\t" . $db->getRowValue($row, 'otp') .
+  echo $row['id'] .
+    "\t" . $row['active'] .
+    "\t" . $row['created'] .
+    "\t" . $row['secret'] .
+    "\t" . $row['email'] .
+    "\t" . $row['notes'] .
+    "\t" . $row['otp'] .
     "\n";
 }
 
diff --git a/ykval-export.php b/ykval-export.php
index a488f82..a4c0c84 100755
--- a/ykval-export.php
+++ b/ykval-export.php
@@ -19,16 +19,16 @@ if (!$db->connect()) {
 
 $result=$db->customQuery("SELECT active, created, modified, yk_publicname, yk_counter, yk_use, yk_low, yk_high, nonce, notes FROM yubikeys ORDER BY yk_publicname");
 while($row = $db->fetchArray($result)){
-  echo     $db->getRowValue($row, 'active') .
-    "\t" . $db->getRowValue($row, 'created') .
-    "\t" . $db->getRowValue($row, 'modified') .
-    "\t" . $db->getRowValue($row, 'yk_publicname') .
-    "\t" . $db->getRowValue($row, 'yk_counter') .
-    "\t" . $db->getRowValue($row, 'yk_use') .
-    "\t" . $db->getRowValue($row, 'yk_low') .
-    "\t" . $db->getRowValue($row, 'yk_high') .
-    "\t" . $db->getRowValue($row, 'nonce') .
-    "\t" . $db->getRowValue($row, 'notes') .
+  echo     $row['active'] .
+    "\t" . $row['created'] .
+    "\t" . $row['modified'] .
+    "\t" . $row['yk_publicname'] .
+    "\t" . $row['yk_counter'] .
+    "\t" . $row['yk_use'] .
+    "\t" . $row['yk_low'] .
+    "\t" . $row['yk_high'] .
+    "\t" . $row['nonce'] .
+    "\t" . $row['notes'] .
     "\n";
  }
 
diff --git a/ykval-synclib.php b/ykval-synclib.php
index d431bbb..e895e13 100644
--- a/ykval-synclib.php
+++ b/ykval-synclib.php
@@ -155,14 +155,14 @@ class SyncLib
       $res=$this->db->findBy('yubikeys', 'yk_publicname', $yk_publicname,1);
     }
     if ($res) {
-      $localParams=array('modified' => $this->db->getRowValue($res, 'modified'),
-			 'nonce' => $this->db->getRowValue($res, 'nonce'),
-			 'active' => $this->db->getRowValue($res, 'active'),
+      $localParams=array('modified' => $res['modified'],
+			 'nonce' => $res['nonce'],
+			 'active' => $res['active'],
 			 'yk_publicname' => $yk_publicname,
-			 'yk_counter' => $this->db->getRowValue($res, 'yk_counter'),
-			 'yk_use' => $this->db->getRowValue($res, 'yk_use'),
-			 'yk_high' => $this->db->getRowValue($res, 'yk_high'),
-			 'yk_low' => $this->db->getRowValue($res, 'yk_low'));
+			 'yk_counter' => $res['yk_counter'],
+			 'yk_use' => $res['yk_use'],
+			 'yk_high' => $res['yk_high'],
+			 'yk_low' => $res['yk_low']);
 
       $this->log(LOG_INFO, "yubikey found in db ", $localParams);
       return $localParams;
@@ -288,15 +288,15 @@ class SyncLib
 
 
     while ($my_server=$this->db->fetchArray($server_res)) {
-      $this->log(LOG_INFO, "Sending queue request to server on server " . $this->db->getRowValue($my_server, 'server'));
-      $res=$this->db->customQuery("select * from queue WHERE (queued < " . $queued_limit . " or queued is null) and server='" . $this->db->getRowValue($my_server, 'server') . "'");
+      $this->log(LOG_INFO, "Sending queue request to server on server " . $my_server['server']);
+      $res=$this->db->customQuery("select * from queue WHERE (queued < " . $queued_limit . " or queued is null) and server='" . $my_server['server'] . "'");
       $ch = curl_init();
       while ($entry=$this->db->fetchArray($res)) {
-	$this->log(LOG_INFO, "server=" . $this->db->getRowValue($entry, 'server') . " , info=" . $this->db->getRowValue($entry, 'info'));
-	$url=$this->db->getRowValue($entry, 'server') .
-	  "?otp=" . $this->db->getRowValue($entry, 'otp') .
-	  "&modified=" . $this->db->getRowValue($entry, 'modified') .
-	  "&" . $this->otpPartFromInfoString($this->db->getRowValue($entry, 'info'));
+	$this->log(LOG_INFO, "server=" . $entry['server'] . " , info=" . $entry['info']);
+	$url=$entry['server'] .
+	  "?otp=" . $entry['otp'] .
+	  "&modified=" . $entry['modified'] .
+	  "&" . $this->otpPartFromInfoString($entry['info']);
 
 	/* Send out sync request */
 	$this->log(LOG_DEBUG, 'url is ' . $url);
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ class SyncLib
 	$response = curl_exec($ch);
 
 	if ($response==False) {
-	  $this->log(LOG_NOTICE, 'Timeout. Stopping queue resync for server ' . $this->db->getRowValue($entry, 'server'));
+	  $this->log(LOG_NOTICE, 'Timeout. Stopping queue resync for server ' . $entry['server']);
 	  break;
 	}
 
@@ -322,8 +322,8 @@ class SyncLib
 
 	  /* Retrieve info from entry info string */
 
-	  $validationParams=$this->localParamsFromInfoString($this->db->getRowValue($entry, 'info'));
-	  $otpParams=$this->otpParamsFromInfoString($this->db->getRowValue($entry, 'info'));
+	  $validationParams=$this->localParamsFromInfoString($entry['info']);
+	  $otpParams=$this->otpParamsFromInfoString($entry['info']);
 	  $localParams=$this->getLocalParams($otpParams['yk_publicname']);
 
 	  $this->log(LOG_DEBUG, "validation params: ", $validationParams);
@@ -356,13 +356,13 @@ class SyncLib
 	}
 
 	  /* Deletion */
-	  $this->log(LOG_INFO, 'deleting queue entry with modified=' . $this->db->getRowValue($entry, 'modified') .
-	    ' server_nonce=' . $this->db->getRowValue($entry, 'server_nonce') .
-	    ' server=' . $this->db->getRowValue($entry, 'server'));
+	  $this->log(LOG_INFO, 'deleting queue entry with modified=' . $entry['modified'] .
+	    ' server_nonce=' . $entry['server_nonce'] .
+	    ' server=' . $entry['server']);
 	  $this->db->deleteByMultiple('queue',
-	    array("modified"=>$this->db->getRowValue($entry, 'modified'),
-	    "server_nonce"=>$this->db->getRowValue($entry, 'server_nonce'),
-	    'server'=>$this->db->getRowValue($entry, 'server')));
+	    array("modified"=>$entry['modified'],
+	    "server_nonce"=>$entry['server_nonce'],
+	    'server'=>$entry['server']));
 	} else {
 	  $this->log(LOG_ERR, "Remote server refused our sync request. Check remote server logs.");
 	}
@@ -384,10 +384,10 @@ class SyncLib
     $urls=array();
     $res=$this->db->findByMultiple('queue', array("modified"=>$this->otpParams['modified'], "server_nonce"=>$this->server_nonce));
     foreach($res as $row) {
-      $urls[]=$this->db->getRowValue($row, 'server') .
-	"?otp=" . $this->db->getRowValue($row, 'otp') .
-	"&modified=" . $this->db->getRowValue($row, 'modified') .
-	"&" . $this->otpPartFromInfoString($this->db->getRowValue($row, 'info'));
+      $urls[]=$row['server'] .
+	"?otp=" . $row['otp'] .
+	"&modified=" . $row['modified'] .
+	"&" . $this->otpPartFromInfoString($row['info']);
     }
 
     /*