diff --git a/py-polars/polars/io/database/_executor.py b/py-polars/polars/io/database/_executor.py
index f8c22d49d8e0..f001f2957165 100644
--- a/py-polars/polars/io/database/_executor.py
+++ b/py-polars/polars/io/database/_executor.py
@@ -3,28 +3,19 @@
 import re
 from collections.abc import Coroutine
 from contextlib import suppress
-from inspect import Parameter, isclass, signature
+from inspect import Parameter, signature
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Iterable, Sequence
 
 from polars import functions as F
 from polars._utils.various import parse_version
 from polars.convert import from_arrow
 from polars.datatypes import (
-    INTEGER_DTYPES,
     N_INFER_DEFAULT,
-    UNSIGNED_INTEGER_DTYPES,
-    Decimal,
-    Float32,
-    Float64,
 )
-from polars.datatypes.convert import _map_py_type_to_dtype
 from polars.exceptions import ModuleUpgradeRequired, UnsuitableSQLError
 from polars.io.database._arrow_registry import ARROW_DRIVER_REGISTRY
 from polars.io.database._cursor_proxies import ODBCCursorProxy, SurrealDBCursorProxy
-from polars.io.database._inference import (
-    _infer_dtype_from_database_typename,
-    _integer_dtype_from_nbits,
-)
+from polars.io.database._inference import _infer_dtype_from_cursor_description
 from polars.io.database._utils import _run_async
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -46,7 +37,6 @@
         from typing_extensions import Self
 
     from polars import DataFrame
-    from polars.datatypes import PolarsDataType
     from polars.type_aliases import ConnectionOrCursor, Cursor, SchemaDict
 
     try:
@@ -287,8 +277,8 @@ def _from_rows(
             if is_async:
                 original_result.close()
 
-    @staticmethod
     def _inject_type_overrides(
+        self,
         description: dict[str, Any],
         schema_overrides: SchemaDict,
     ) -> SchemaDict:
@@ -297,50 +287,14 @@ def _inject_type_overrides(
 
         Notes
         -----
-        This is limited; the `type_code` property may contain almost anything,
+        This is limited; the `type_code` description attr may contain almost anything,
         from strings or python types to driver-specific codes, classes, enums, etc.
         We currently only do the additional inference from string/python type values.
         (Further refinement will require per-driver module knowledge and lookups).
         """
-        dtype: PolarsDataType | None = None
         for nm, desc in description.items():
-            if desc is None:
-                continue
-            elif nm not in schema_overrides:
-                type_code, _disp_size, internal_size, prec, scale, _null_ok = desc
-                if isclass(type_code):
-                    # python types, eg: int, float, str, etc
-                    with suppress(TypeError):
-                        dtype = _map_py_type_to_dtype(type_code)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
-
-                elif isinstance(type_code, str):
-                    # database/sql type names, eg: "VARCHAR", "NUMERIC", "BLOB", etc
-                    dtype = _infer_dtype_from_database_typename(
-                        value=type_code,
-                        raise_unmatched=False,
-                    )
-
-                if dtype is not None:
-                    # check additional cursor attrs to improve dtype specification
-                    if dtype == Float64 and internal_size == 4:
-                        dtype = Float32
-
-                    elif dtype in INTEGER_DTYPES and internal_size in (2, 4, 8):
-                        bits = internal_size * 8
-                        dtype = _integer_dtype_from_nbits(
-                            bits,
-                            unsigned=(dtype in UNSIGNED_INTEGER_DTYPES),
-                            default=dtype,
-                        )
-                    elif (
-                        dtype == Decimal
-                        and isinstance(prec, int)
-                        and isinstance(scale, int)
-                        and prec <= 38
-                        and scale <= 38
-                    ):
-                        dtype = Decimal(prec, scale)
-
+            if desc is not None and nm not in schema_overrides:
+                dtype = _infer_dtype_from_cursor_description(self.cursor, desc)
                 if dtype is not None:
                     schema_overrides[nm] = dtype  # type: ignore[index]
 
diff --git a/py-polars/polars/io/database/_inference.py b/py-polars/polars/io/database/_inference.py
index 2eb630f0cda0..daf06571434d 100644
--- a/py-polars/polars/io/database/_inference.py
+++ b/py-polars/polars/io/database/_inference.py
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@
 
 import functools
 import re
+from contextlib import suppress
+from inspect import isclass
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 from polars.datatypes import (
+    INTEGER_DTYPES,
+    UNSIGNED_INTEGER_DTYPES,
     Binary,
     Boolean,
     Date,
@@ -25,6 +29,7 @@
     UInt32,
     UInt64,
 )
+from polars.datatypes.convert import _map_py_type_to_dtype
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from polars.type_aliases import PolarsDataType
@@ -182,6 +187,50 @@ def _infer_dtype_from_database_typename(
     return dtype
 
 
+def _infer_dtype_from_cursor_description(
+    cursor: Any,
+    description: tuple[Any, ...],
+) -> PolarsDataType | None:
+    """Attempt to infer Polars dtype from database cursor description `type_code`."""
+    type_code, _disp_size, internal_size, precision, scale, _null_ok = description
+    dtype: PolarsDataType | None = None
+
+    if isclass(type_code):
+        # python types, eg: int, float, str, etc
+        with suppress(TypeError):
+            dtype = _map_py_type_to_dtype(type_code)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+
+    elif isinstance(type_code, str):
+        # database/sql type names, eg: "VARCHAR", "NUMERIC", "BLOB", etc
+        dtype = _infer_dtype_from_database_typename(
+            value=type_code,
+            raise_unmatched=False,
+        )
+
+    # check additional cursor attrs to refine dtype specification
+    if dtype is not None:
+        if dtype == Float64 and internal_size == 4:
+            dtype = Float32
+
+        elif dtype in INTEGER_DTYPES and internal_size in (2, 4, 8):
+            bits = internal_size * 8
+            dtype = _integer_dtype_from_nbits(
+                bits,
+                unsigned=(dtype in UNSIGNED_INTEGER_DTYPES),
+                default=dtype,
+            )
+        elif (
+            dtype == Decimal
+            and isinstance(precision, int)
+            and isinstance(scale, int)
+            and precision <= 38
+            and scale <= 38
+        ):
+            dtype = Decimal(precision, scale)
+
+    return dtype
+
+
 @functools.lru_cache(8)
 def _integer_dtype_from_nbits(
     bits: int,