diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/SQL.pm b/lib/WebGUI/SQL.pm
index 5ab46ff76..1f067775e 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/SQL.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/SQL.pm
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ Builds a data structure that can be converted to JSON and sent
 to a YUI Data Table.  This is basically a hash of information about
 the results, with one of the keys being an array ref of hashrefs.  It also
 calculates the total records that could have been matched without a limit
-statement, as well as how many were actually matched.
+statement, as well as how many were actually matched.  It returns a hash.
 
 =head3 sql
 
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ sub buildDataTableStructure {
     $hash{totalRecords}    = $self->quickScalar('select found_rows()') + 0; ##Convert to numeric
     $hash{recordsReturned} = $sth->rows();
 	$sth->finish;
-	return \%hash;
+	return %hash;
 }
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Shop/Tax.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Shop/Tax.pm
index 07d877157..07249ddcf 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Shop/Tax.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Shop/Tax.pm
@@ -368,21 +368,10 @@ sub www_getTaxesAsJson {
     }
     push(@placeholders, $startIndex, $numberOfResults);
     $sql .= ' order by country desc limit ?,?';
-    my $transactions = $db->read($sql, \@placeholders);
-    my $totalRecords = 0+$db->quickScalar('select found_rows()'); ##Must explicitly convert to numerics
-    my $tally = $transactions->rows();
-    my @records = ();
-    while (my $row = $transactions->hashRef) {
-        push(@records, $row);
-    }
-    my %results = (
-        totalRecords        => $totalRecords + 0,
-        recordsReturned     => $tally,
-        startIndex          => $startIndex,
-        sort                => undef,
-        dir                 => "desc",
-        records             => \@records,
-    );
+    my %results = $db->buildDataTableStructure($sql, \@placeholders);
+    $results{'startIndex'} = $startIndex;
+    $results{'sort'}       = undef;
+    $results{'dir'}        = "desc";
     $session->http->setMimeType('text/json');
     return JSON::to_json(\%results);
 }
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Shop/Transaction.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Shop/Transaction.pm
index a8d53ee5f..19ae91884 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Shop/Transaction.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Shop/Transaction.pm
@@ -361,22 +361,10 @@ sub www_getTransactionsAsJson {
     }
     push(@placeholders, $startIndex, $numberOfResults);
     $sql .= ' order by dateOfPurchase desc limit ?,?';
-    my $transactions = $db->read($sql, \@placeholders);
-    my $totalRecords = $db->quickScalar('select found_rows()');
-    my $tally = 0;
-    my @records = ();
-    while (my $row = $transactions->hashRef) {
-        push(@records, $row);
-        $tally++;
-    }
-    my %results = (
-        totalRecords        => $totalRecords + 0,
-        recordsReturned     => $tally,
-        startIndex          => $startIndex,
-        sort                => undef,
-        dir                 => "desc",
-        records             => \@records,
-    );
+    my %results = $db->buildDataTableStructure($sql, \@placeholders);
+    $results{'startIndex'} = $startIndex;
+    $results{'sort'}       = undef;
+    $results{'dir'}        = "desc";
     $session->http->setMimeType('text/json');
     return JSON::to_json(\%results);
 }
diff --git a/t/Shop/Transaction.t b/t/Shop/Transaction.t
index 32a6ef092..5953b9296 100644
--- a/t/Shop/Transaction.t
+++ b/t/Shop/Transaction.t
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ is(scalar @{$transaction->getItems}, 0, "can delete items");
 $session->user({userId=>3});
 my $json = WebGUI::Shop::Transaction->www_getTransactionsAsJson($session);
 ok($json, 'www_getTransactionsAsJson returned something');
+diag $json;
 my $jsonTransactions = JSON::from_json($json);
 cmp_deeply(
     $jsonTransactions,