diff --git a/django/db/backends/oracle/query.py b/django/db/backends/oracle/query.py
index b66a6268ef..34f8f1055b 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/oracle/query.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/oracle/query.py
@@ -1,9 +1,55 @@
+# NOTE: still dependent on other code that Matt Boersma is working on, not yet tested!!! - Jim Baker
+
+from django.db import backend, connection
+import cx_Oracle as Database
+
+
 def get_query_set_class(DefaultQuerySet):
     """
     Create a custom QuerySet class for Oracle.
     """
     
     class OracleQuerySet(DefaultQuerySet):
-        pass
+        def iterator(self):
+            "Performs the SELECT database lookup of this QuerySet."
+
+            # self._select is a dictionary, and dictionaries' key order is
+            # undefined, so we convert it to a list of tuples.
+            extra_select = self._select.items()
+
+            cursor = connection.cursor()
+
+            full_query = None
+            select, sql, params, full_query = self._get_sql_clause() 
+
+            if not full_query: 
+                cursor.execute("SELECT " + (self._distinct and "DISTINCT " or "") + ",".join(select) + sql, params) 
+            else: 
+                cursor.execute(full_query, params) 
+
+            fill_cache = self._select_related
+            index_end = len(self.model._meta.fields)
+
+            # so here's the logic;
+            # 1. retrieve each row in turn
+            # 2. convert CLOBs
+
+            def resolve_lobs(row):
+                for field in row:
+                    if isinstance(field, Database.LOB):
+                        yield str(field)
+                    else:
+                        yield field
+
+            for unresolved_row in cursor:
+                row = list(resolve_lobs(unresolved_row))
+                if fill_cache:
+                    obj, index_end = get_cached_row(self.model, row, 0)
+                else:
+                    obj = self.model(*row[:index_end])
+                for i, k in enumerate(extra_select):
+                    setattr(obj, k[0], row[index_end+i])
+            yield obj
+
         
-    return OracleQuerySet
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+    return OracleQuerySet