diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c759ce9..8d9e560 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Only accretive/fixative changes will be made from now on.
 
 The following changes have been committed to the **master** branch and will be in the next release:
 
-* None.
+* Fix #26 by exposing `next.jdbc.result-set/datafiable-result-set` so that various `java.sql.DatabaseMetaData` methods that result metadata information in `ResultSet`s can be easily turned into a fully realized result set.
 
 ## Stable Builds
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a34dfd6..c0e0067 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ The latest versions on Clojars and on cljdoc:
 
 [![Clojars Project](https://clojars.org/seancorfield/next.jdbc/latest-version.svg)](https://clojars.org/seancorfield/next.jdbc) [![cljdoc badge](https://cljdoc.org/badge/seancorfield/next.jdbc)](https://cljdoc.org/d/seancorfield/next.jdbc/CURRENT)
 
-This documentation is for the 1.0.0-rc1 release -- [see the CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md).
+This documentation is for the upcoming 1.0.0 release -- [see the CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md).
 
 * [Getting Started](/doc/getting-started.md)
 * [Migrating from `clojure.java.jdbc`](/doc/migration-from-clojure-java-jdbc.md)
diff --git a/doc/datafy-nav-and-schema.md b/doc/datafy-nav-and-schema.md
index 5b09cc0..58587bc 100644
--- a/doc/datafy-nav-and-schema.md
+++ b/doc/datafy-nav-and-schema.md
@@ -45,4 +45,6 @@ When that is called (`nav` on a row, column name, and column value), if a `:sche
 
 The protocol `next.jdbc.result-set/DatafiableRow` has a default implementation of `datafiable-row` for `clojure.lang.IObj` that just adds the metadata to support `datafy`. There is also an implementation baked into the result set handling behind `plan` so that you can call `datafiable-row` directly during reduction and get a fully-realized row that can be `datafy`'d (and then `nav`igated).
 
+In addition, you can call `next.jdbc.result-set/datafiable-result-set` on any `ResultSet` object and get a fully realized, datafiable result set created using any of the result set builders.
+
 [<: All The Options](/doc/all-the-options.md) | [Migration from `clojure.java.jdbc` :>](/doc/migration-from-clojure-java-jdbc.md)
diff --git a/doc/migration-from-clojure-java-jdbc.md b/doc/migration-from-clojure-java-jdbc.md
index 6ef5f7a..d2ee5f5 100644
--- a/doc/migration-from-clojure-java-jdbc.md
+++ b/doc/migration-from-clojure-java-jdbc.md
@@ -67,6 +67,19 @@ If you are using `:result-set-fn` and/or `:row-fn`, you will need to change to e
 
 Note: this means that result sets are never exposed lazily in `next.jdbc` -- in `clojure.java.jdbc` you had to be careful that your `:result-set-fn` was eager, but in `next.jdbc` you either reduce the result set eagerly (via `plan`) or you get a fully-realized result set data structure back (from `execute!` and `execute-one!`). As with `clojure.java.jdbc` however, you can still stream result sets from the database and process them via reduction (was `reducible-query`, now `plan`). Remember that you can terminate a reduction early by using the `reduced` function to wrap the final value you produce.
 
+### Processing Database Metadata
+
+There are no metadata-specific functions in `next.jdbc` but those in `clojure.java.jdbc` are only a very thin layer over the raw Java calls. Here's how metadata can be handled in `next.jdbc`:
+
+```clojure
+(with-open [con (p/get-connection ds opts)]
+  (-> (.getMetaData con) ; produces java.sql.DatabaseMetaData
+      (.getTables nil nil nil (into-array ["TABLE" "VIEW"]))
+      (rs/datafiable-result-set ds opts)))
+```
+
+Several methods on `DatabaseMetaData` return a `ResultSet` object. All of those can be handled similarly.
+
 ## Further Minor differences
 
 These are mostly drawn from [Issue #5](https://github.com/seancorfield/next-jdbc/issues/5) although most of the bullets in that issue are described in more detail above.
diff --git a/doc/result-set-builders.md b/doc/result-set-builders.md
index 3a1bc09..73c232d 100644
--- a/doc/result-set-builders.md
+++ b/doc/result-set-builders.md
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ The options hash map for any `next.jdbc` function can contain a `:builder-fn` ke
 
 The options hash map passed to the builder function will contain a `:next.jdbc/sql-params` key, whose value is the SQL + parameters vector passed into the top-level `next.jdbc` functions (`plan`, `execute!`, and `execute-one!`).
 
+There is also a convenience function, `datafiable-result-set`, that accepts a `ResultSet` object (and a connectable and an options hash map) and returns a fully realized result set, per the `:builder-fn` option (or `as-maps` if that option is omitted).
+
 ## `next.jdbc.optional`
 
 This namespace contains variants of the six `as-maps`-style builders above that omit keys from the row hash maps if the corresponding column is `NULL`. This is in keeping with Clojure's views of "optionality" -- that optional elements should simply be omitted -- and is provided as an "opt-in" style of rows and result sets.
diff --git a/src/next/jdbc/result_set.clj b/src/next/jdbc/result_set.clj
index ed080f2..06bf02d 100644
--- a/src/next/jdbc/result_set.clj
+++ b/src/next/jdbc/result_set.clj
@@ -354,6 +354,22 @@
                   (with-meta this
                     {`core-p/datafy (navize-row connectable opts)})))
 
+(defn datafiable-result-set
+  "Given a ResultSet, a connectable, and an options hash map, return a fully
+  realized, datafiable result set per the `:builder-fn` option passed in.
+  If no `:builder-fn` option is provided, `as-maps` is used as the default.
+
+  This can be used to process regular result sets or metadata result sets."
+  [^java.sql.ResultSet rs connectable opts]
+  (let [builder-fn (get opts :builder-fn as-maps)
+        builder    (builder-fn rs opts)]
+    (loop [rs' (->rs builder) more? (.next rs)]
+      (if more?
+        (recur (with-row builder rs'
+                 (datafiable-row (row-builder builder) connectable opts))
+               (.next rs))
+        (rs! builder rs')))))
+
 (defn- stmt->result-set
   "Given a `PreparedStatement` and options, execute it and return a `ResultSet`
   if possible."
@@ -413,14 +429,7 @@
                                      (rest sql-params)
                                      opts)]
       (if-let [rs (stmt->result-set stmt opts)]
-        (let [builder-fn (get opts :builder-fn as-maps)
-              builder    (builder-fn rs opts)]
-          (loop [rs' (->rs builder) more? (.next rs)]
-            (if more?
-              (recur (with-row builder rs'
-                       (datafiable-row (row-builder builder) this opts))
-                     (.next rs))
-              (rs! builder rs'))))
+        (datafiable-result-set rs this opts)
         [{:next.jdbc/update-count (.getUpdateCount stmt)}])))
 
   javax.sql.DataSource
@@ -452,14 +461,7 @@
                                        (rest sql-params)
                                        opts)]
         (if-let [rs (stmt->result-set stmt opts)]
-          (let [builder-fn (get opts :builder-fn as-maps)
-                builder    (builder-fn rs opts)]
-            (loop [rs' (->rs builder) more? (.next rs)]
-              (if more?
-                (recur (with-row builder rs'
-                         (datafiable-row (row-builder builder) this opts))
-                       (.next rs))
-                (rs! builder rs'))))
+          (datafiable-result-set rs this opts)
           [{:next.jdbc/update-count (.getUpdateCount stmt)}]))))
 
   java.sql.PreparedStatement
@@ -480,15 +482,7 @@
       {:next.jdbc/update-count (.getUpdateCount this)}))
   (-execute-all [this _ opts]
     (if-let [rs (stmt->result-set this opts)]
-      (let [builder-fn (get opts :builder-fn as-maps)
-            builder    (builder-fn rs opts)]
-        (loop [rs' (->rs builder) more? (.next rs)]
-          (if more?
-            (recur (with-row builder rs'
-                     (datafiable-row (row-builder builder)
-                                     (.getConnection this) opts))
-                   (.next rs))
-            (rs! builder rs'))))
+      (datafiable-result-set rs (.getConnection this) opts)
       [{:next.jdbc/update-count (.getUpdateCount this)}]))
 
   Object
diff --git a/test/next/jdbc/result_set_test.clj b/test/next/jdbc/result_set_test.clj
index 89248e4..ad592f1 100644
--- a/test/next/jdbc/result_set_test.clj
+++ b/test/next/jdbc/result_set_test.clj
@@ -191,3 +191,18 @@
     (is (every? #(instance? Fruit %) rs))
     (is (= 1 (count rs)))
     (is (= 1 (:id (first rs))))))
+
+(deftest metadata-result-set
+  (let [metadata (with-open [con (p/get-connection (ds) {})]
+                   (-> (.getMetaData con)
+                       (.getTables nil nil nil (into-array ["TABLE" "VIEW"]))
+                       (rs/datafiable-result-set (ds) {})))]
+    (is (vector? metadata))
+    (is (map? (first metadata)))
+    ;; we should find :something/table_name with a value of "fruit"
+    ;; may be upper/lower-case, could have any qualifier
+    (is (some (fn [row]
+                (some #(and (= "table_name" (-> % key name str/lower-case))
+                            (= "fruit" (-> % val name str/lower-case)))
+                      row))
+              metadata))))