diff --git a/system/Database/BaseBuilder.php b/system/Database/BaseBuilder.php
index f38d52dc9750..0dc305825af8 100644
--- a/system/Database/BaseBuilder.php
+++ b/system/Database/BaseBuilder.php
@@ -2260,24 +2260,6 @@ protected function _insertBatch(string $table, array $keys, array $values): stri
         return str_replace('{:_table_:}', $data, $sql);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Allows key/value pairs to be set for batch inserts
-     *
-     * @param mixed $key
-     *
-     * @return $this|null
-     *
-     * @deprecated
-     */
-    public function setInsertBatch($key, string $value = '', ?bool $escape = null)
-    {
-        if (! is_array($key)) {
-            $key = [[$key => $value]];
-        }
-
-        return $this->setData($key, $escape);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Compiles an insert query and returns the sql
      *
@@ -2709,28 +2691,6 @@ protected function _updateBatch(string $table, array $keys, array $values): stri
         return str_replace('{:_table_:}', $data, $sql);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Allows key/value pairs to be set for batch updating
-     *
-     * @param array|object $key
-     *
-     * @return $this
-     *
-     * @throws DatabaseException
-     *
-     * @deprecated
-     */
-    public function setUpdateBatch($key, string $index = '', ?bool $escape = null)
-    {
-        if ($index !== '') {
-            $this->onConstraint($index);
-        }
-
-        $this->setData($key, $escape);
-
-        return $this;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Compiles a delete string and runs "DELETE FROM table"
      *
@@ -3550,18 +3510,6 @@ protected function setBind(string $key, $value = null, bool $escape = true): str
         return $key . '.' . $count;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns a clone of a Base Builder with reset query builder values.
-     *
-     * @return $this
-     *
-     * @deprecated
-     */
-    protected function cleanClone()
-    {
-        return (clone $this)->from([], true)->resetQuery();
-    }
-
     /**
      * @param mixed $value
      */
diff --git a/system/Database/BaseConnection.php b/system/Database/BaseConnection.php
index ca1acd1d6be7..63ad5530b37c 100644
--- a/system/Database/BaseConnection.php
+++ b/system/Database/BaseConnection.php
@@ -193,17 +193,6 @@ abstract class BaseConnection implements ConnectionInterface
      */
     protected $compress = false;
 
-    /**
-     * Strict ON flag
-     *
-     * Whether we're running in strict SQL mode.
-     *
-     * @var bool|null
-     *
-     * @deprecated 4.5.0 Will move to MySQLi\Connection.
-     */
-    protected $strictOn;
-
     /**
      * Settings for a failover connection.
      *
diff --git a/system/Database/Forge.php b/system/Database/Forge.php
index f6eb617fd389..f8a5ffa0a67e 100644
--- a/system/Database/Forge.php
+++ b/system/Database/Forge.php
@@ -108,15 +108,6 @@ class Forge
      */
     protected $createTableStr = "%s %s (%s\n)";
 
-    /**
-     * CREATE TABLE IF statement
-     *
-     * @var bool|string
-     *
-     * @deprecated This is no longer used.
-     */
-    protected $createTableIfStr = 'CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS';
-
     /**
      * CREATE TABLE keys flag
      *
@@ -565,7 +556,7 @@ public function createTable(string $table, bool $ifNotExists = false, array $att
             return true;
         }
 
-        $sql = $this->_createTable($table, false, $attributes);
+        $sql = $this->_createTable($table, $attributes);
 
         if (($result = $this->db->query($sql)) !== false) {
             if (isset($this->db->dataCache['table_names']) && ! in_array($table, $this->db->dataCache['table_names'], true)) {
@@ -586,13 +577,11 @@ public function createTable(string $table, bool $ifNotExists = false, array $att
     }
 
     /**
-     * @param array $attributes Table attributes
+     * @param array<string, mixed> $attributes Table attributes
      *
      * @return string SQL string
-     *
-     * @deprecated $ifNotExists is no longer used, and will be removed.
      */
-    protected function _createTable(string $table, bool $ifNotExists, array $attributes)
+    protected function _createTable(string $table, array $attributes)
     {
         $processedFields = $this->_processFields(true);
 
diff --git a/system/Database/OCI8/Forge.php b/system/Database/OCI8/Forge.php
index 8f71169115ce..8e046aa7d2be 100644
--- a/system/Database/OCI8/Forge.php
+++ b/system/Database/OCI8/Forge.php
@@ -34,15 +34,6 @@ class Forge extends BaseForge
      */
     protected $createDatabaseStr = false;
 
-    /**
-     * CREATE TABLE IF statement
-     *
-     * @var false
-     *
-     * @deprecated This is no longer used.
-     */
-    protected $createTableIfStr = false;
-
     /**
      * DROP TABLE IF EXISTS statement
      *
diff --git a/system/Database/SQLSRV/Connection.php b/system/Database/SQLSRV/Connection.php
index 76dd80bdb09f..02f0c970f6bd 100644
--- a/system/Database/SQLSRV/Connection.php
+++ b/system/Database/SQLSRV/Connection.php
@@ -537,40 +537,6 @@ protected function execute(string $sql)
         return $stmt;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns the last error encountered by this connection.
-     *
-     * @return array<string, int|string>
-     *
-     * @deprecated Use `error()` instead.
-     */
-    public function getError()
-    {
-        $error = [
-            'code'    => '00000',
-            'message' => '',
-        ];
-
-        $sqlsrvErrors = sqlsrv_errors(SQLSRV_ERR_ERRORS);
-
-        if (! is_array($sqlsrvErrors)) {
-            return $error;
-        }
-
-        $sqlsrvError = array_shift($sqlsrvErrors);
-        if (isset($sqlsrvError['SQLSTATE'])) {
-            $error['code'] = isset($sqlsrvError['code']) ? $sqlsrvError['SQLSTATE'] . '/' . $sqlsrvError['code'] : $sqlsrvError['SQLSTATE'];
-        } elseif (isset($sqlsrvError['code'])) {
-            $error['code'] = $sqlsrvError['code'];
-        }
-
-        if (isset($sqlsrvError['message'])) {
-            $error['message'] = $sqlsrvError['message'];
-        }
-
-        return $error;
-    }
-
     /**
      * The name of the platform in use (MySQLi, mssql, etc)
      */
diff --git a/system/Database/SQLSRV/Forge.php b/system/Database/SQLSRV/Forge.php
index b64c25a05100..ba7807931885 100644
--- a/system/Database/SQLSRV/Forge.php
+++ b/system/Database/SQLSRV/Forge.php
@@ -94,15 +94,6 @@ class Forge extends BaseForge
      */
     protected $fkAllowActions = ['CASCADE', 'SET NULL', 'NO ACTION', 'RESTRICT', 'SET DEFAULT'];
 
-    /**
-     * CREATE TABLE IF statement
-     *
-     * @var string
-     *
-     * @deprecated This is no longer used.
-     */
-    protected $createTableIfStr;
-
     /**
      * CREATE TABLE statement
      *
diff --git a/system/Database/Seeder.php b/system/Database/Seeder.php
index 632008176031..9448ea53e154 100644
--- a/system/Database/Seeder.php
+++ b/system/Database/Seeder.php
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 use CodeIgniter\CLI\CLI;
 use CodeIgniter\Exceptions\InvalidArgumentException;
 use Config\Database;
-use Faker\Factory;
-use Faker\Generator;
 
 /**
  * Class Seeder
@@ -66,13 +64,6 @@ class Seeder
      */
     protected $silent = false;
 
-    /**
-     * Faker Generator instance.
-     *
-     * @deprecated
-     */
-    private static ?Generator $faker = null;
-
     /**
      * Seeder constructor.
      */
@@ -104,20 +95,6 @@ public function __construct(Database $config, ?BaseConnection $db = null)
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Gets the Faker Generator instance.
-     *
-     * @deprecated
-     */
-    public static function faker(): ?Generator
-    {
-        if (! self::$faker instanceof Generator && class_exists(Factory::class)) {
-            self::$faker = Factory::create();
-        }
-
-        return self::$faker;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Loads the specified seeder and runs it.
      *
diff --git a/tests/_support/Database/Seeds/CITestSeeder.php b/tests/_support/Database/Seeds/CITestSeeder.php
index 09dba65f155b..4286c3753b90 100644
--- a/tests/_support/Database/Seeds/CITestSeeder.php
+++ b/tests/_support/Database/Seeds/CITestSeeder.php
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ class CITestSeeder extends Seeder
 {
     public function run(): void
     {
-        // Job Data
         $data = [
             'user' => [
                 [
@@ -147,7 +146,8 @@ public function run(): void
             ],
         ];
 
-        // set SQL times to more correct format
+        // Normalize accepted formats and remove unsupported types per database driver
+
         if ($this->db->DBDriver === 'SQLite3') {
             $data['type_test'][0]['type_date']      = '2020/01/11';
             $data['type_test'][0]['type_time']      = '15:22:00';
@@ -157,7 +157,15 @@ public function run(): void
 
         if ($this->db->DBDriver === 'Postgre') {
             $data['type_test'][0]['type_time']    = '15:22:00';
-            $data['type_test'][0]['type_boolean'] = true;
+            $data['type_test'][0]['type_boolean'] = true; // PostgreSQL has native boolean type
+
+            $data['ci_sessions'][] = [
+                'id'         => 'ci_session:1f5o06b43phsnnf8if6bo33b635e4p2o',
+                'ip_address' => '127.0.0.1',
+                'timestamp'  => '2021-06-25 21:54:14.991403+02',
+                'data'       => '\x' . bin2hex('__ci_last_regenerate|i:1624650854;_ci_previous_url|s:40:\"http://localhost/index.php/home/index\";'),
+            ];
+
             unset(
                 $data['type_test'][0]['type_enum'],
                 $data['type_test'][0]['type_set'],
@@ -185,6 +193,11 @@ public function run(): void
         }
 
         if ($this->db->DBDriver === 'MySQLi') {
+            $data['type_test'][0]['type_time']      = '15:22:00';
+            $data['type_test'][0]['type_date']      = '2020-01-11';
+            $data['type_test'][0]['type_datetime']  = '2020-06-18 05:12:24';
+            $data['type_test'][0]['type_timestamp'] = '2019-07-18 21:53:21';
+
             $data['ci_sessions'][] = [
                 'id'         => 'ci_session:1f5o06b43phsnnf8if6bo33b635e4p2o',
                 'ip_address' => '127.0.0.1',
@@ -193,29 +206,22 @@ public function run(): void
             ];
         }
 
-        if ($this->db->DBDriver === 'Postgre') {
-            $data['ci_sessions'][] = [
-                'id'         => 'ci_session:1f5o06b43phsnnf8if6bo33b635e4p2o',
-                'ip_address' => '127.0.0.1',
-                'timestamp'  => '2021-06-25 21:54:14.991403+02',
-                'data'       => '\x' . bin2hex('__ci_last_regenerate|i:1624650854;_ci_previous_url|s:40:\"http://localhost/index.php/home/index\";'),
-            ];
-        }
-
         if ($this->db->DBDriver === 'OCI8') {
             $this->db->query('alter session set NLS_DATE_FORMAT=?', ['YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS']);
+
             $data['type_test'][0]['type_date']      = '2020-01-11 22:11:00';
             $data['type_test'][0]['type_time']      = '2020-07-18 15:22:00';
             $data['type_test'][0]['type_datetime']  = '2020-06-18 05:12:24';
             $data['type_test'][0]['type_timestamp'] = '2020-06-18 21:53:21';
+
             unset($data['type_test'][0]['type_blob']);
         }
 
-        foreach ($data as $table => $dummyData) {
+        foreach ($data as $table => $seeds) {
             $this->db->table($table)->truncate();
 
-            foreach ($dummyData as $singleDummyData) {
-                $this->db->table($table)->insert($singleDummyData);
+            foreach ($seeds as $seed) {
+                $this->db->table($table)->insert($seed);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/tests/system/Database/BaseConnectionTest.php b/tests/system/Database/BaseConnectionTest.php
index ae4963d33885..db58795c326e 100644
--- a/tests/system/Database/BaseConnectionTest.php
+++ b/tests/system/Database/BaseConnectionTest.php
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ public function testSavesConfigOptions(): void
         $this->assertSame('', $db->swapPre);
         $this->assertFalse($db->encrypt);
         $this->assertFalse($db->compress);
-        $this->assertTrue($db->strictOn);
         $this->assertSame([], $db->failover);
         $this->assertSame([
             'date'        => 'Y-m-d',
diff --git a/tests/system/Database/Builder/UpdateTest.php b/tests/system/Database/Builder/UpdateTest.php
index eb1cfc7d9c92..88a92777cec2 100644
--- a/tests/system/Database/Builder/UpdateTest.php
+++ b/tests/system/Database/Builder/UpdateTest.php
@@ -253,9 +253,7 @@ public function testUpdateBatch(): void
     public function testSetUpdateBatchWithoutEscape(): void
     {
         $builder = new BaseBuilder('jobs', $this->db);
-        $escape  = false;
-
-        $builder->setUpdateBatch([
+        $builder->setData([
             [
                 'id'          => 2,
                 'name'        => 'SUBSTRING(name, 1)',
@@ -266,7 +264,7 @@ public function testSetUpdateBatchWithoutEscape(): void
                 'name'        => 'SUBSTRING(name, 2)',
                 'description' => 'SUBSTRING(description, 4)',
             ],
-        ], 'id', $escape);
+        ], false);
 
         $this->db->shouldReturn('execute', new class () {});
         $builder->updateBatch(null, 'id');
diff --git a/tests/system/Database/ConfigTest.php b/tests/system/Database/ConfigTest.php
index 1d2482e0ad87..35fe15b8cd74 100644
--- a/tests/system/Database/ConfigTest.php
+++ b/tests/system/Database/ConfigTest.php
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ public function testConnectionGroupWithDSN(): void
         $this->assertTrue($this->getPrivateProperty($conn, 'pConnect'));
         $this->assertSame('latin1', $this->getPrivateProperty($conn, 'charset'));
         $this->assertSame('latin1_swedish_ci', $this->getPrivateProperty($conn, 'DBCollat'));
-        $this->assertTrue($this->getPrivateProperty($conn, 'strictOn'));
         $this->assertSame([], $this->getPrivateProperty($conn, 'failover'));
     }
 
@@ -163,7 +162,6 @@ public function testConnectionGroupWithDSNPostgre(): void
         $this->assertFalse($this->getPrivateProperty($conn, 'pConnect'));
         $this->assertSame('utf8mb4', $this->getPrivateProperty($conn, 'charset'));
         $this->assertSame('utf8mb4_general_ci', $this->getPrivateProperty($conn, 'DBCollat'));
-        $this->assertTrue($this->getPrivateProperty($conn, 'strictOn'));
         $this->assertSame([], $this->getPrivateProperty($conn, 'failover'));
         $this->assertSame('5', $this->getPrivateProperty($conn, 'connect_timeout'));
         $this->assertSame('1', $this->getPrivateProperty($conn, 'sslmode'));
@@ -191,7 +189,6 @@ public function testConnectionGroupWithDSNPostgreNative(): void
         $this->assertFalse($this->getPrivateProperty($conn, 'pConnect'));
         $this->assertSame('utf8mb4', $this->getPrivateProperty($conn, 'charset'));
         $this->assertSame('utf8mb4_general_ci', $this->getPrivateProperty($conn, 'DBCollat'));
-        $this->assertTrue($this->getPrivateProperty($conn, 'strictOn'));
         $this->assertSame([], $this->getPrivateProperty($conn, 'failover'));
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/system/Database/DatabaseSeederTest.php b/tests/system/Database/DatabaseSeederTest.php
index e00599e26507..a34f19eda88d 100644
--- a/tests/system/Database/DatabaseSeederTest.php
+++ b/tests/system/Database/DatabaseSeederTest.php
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 use CodeIgniter\Test\CIUnitTestCase;
 use Config\Database;
-use Faker\Generator;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Group;
 use Tests\Support\Database\Seeds\SeederWithDBGroup;
 use Tests\Support\Database\Seeds\SeederWithoutDBGroup;
@@ -52,14 +51,6 @@ public function testInstantiateNotDirSeedPath(): void
         new Seeder($config);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @TODO remove this when Seeder::faker() is removed
-     */
-    public function testFakerGet(): void
-    {
-        $this->assertInstanceOf(Generator::class, Seeder::faker());
-    }
-
     public function testCallOnEmptySeeder(): void
     {
         $this->expectException('InvalidArgumentException');
diff --git a/tests/system/Database/Live/ForgeTest.php b/tests/system/Database/Live/ForgeTest.php
index 9faf9d79afb7..62594581dd0d 100644
--- a/tests/system/Database/Live/ForgeTest.php
+++ b/tests/system/Database/Live/ForgeTest.php
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ public function testCreateTableWithNullableFieldsGivesNullDataType(): void
 
         $createTable = self::getPrivateMethodInvoker($this->forge, '_createTable');
 
-        $sql = $createTable('forge_nullable_table', false, []);
+        $sql = $createTable('forge_nullable_table', []);
 
         if ($this->db->DBDriver !== 'SQLSRV') {
             // @see https://regex101.com/r/bIHVNw/1
@@ -1621,6 +1621,10 @@ public function testAddTextColumnWithConstraint(): void
             $this->forge->addColumn('user', [
                 'text_with_constraint' => ['type' => 'nvarchar(max)', 'default' => ''],
             ]);
+        } elseif (in_array($this->db->DBDriver, ['MySQLi', 'Postgre', 'SQLite3'], true)) {
+            $this->forge->addColumn('user', [
+                'text_with_constraint' => ['type' => 'text'],
+            ]);
         } else {
             $this->forge->addColumn('user', [
                 'text_with_constraint' => ['type' => 'text', 'constraint' => 255, 'default' => ''],
diff --git a/tests/system/Database/Live/MySQLi/RawSqlTest.php b/tests/system/Database/Live/MySQLi/RawSqlTest.php
index 03c694d0ab47..9f3f9d3d44a1 100644
--- a/tests/system/Database/Live/MySQLi/RawSqlTest.php
+++ b/tests/system/Database/Live/MySQLi/RawSqlTest.php
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 use CodeIgniter\Test\CIUnitTestCase;
 use CodeIgniter\Test\DatabaseTestTrait;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Group;
-use stdClass;
 use Tests\Support\Database\Seeds\CITestSeeder;
 
 /**
@@ -45,161 +44,113 @@ protected function setUp(): void
     protected function addSqlFunction(): void
     {
         $this->db->query('DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS setDateTime');
-
-        $sql = "CREATE FUNCTION setDateTime ( setDate varchar(20) )
-                RETURNS DATETIME
-                READS SQL DATA
-                DETERMINISTIC
-                BEGIN
-                RETURN CONVERT(CONCAT(setDate,' ','01:01:11'), DATETIME);
-                END;";
-
-        $this->db->query($sql);
+        $this->db->query(<<<'SQL_WRAP'
+            CREATE FUNCTION setDateTime ( setDate varchar(20) )
+            RETURNS DATETIME
+            READS SQL DATA
+            DETERMINISTIC
+            BEGIN
+            RETURN CONVERT(CONCAT(setDate,' ','01:01:11'), DATETIME);
+            END;
+            SQL_WRAP);
     }
 
     public function testRawSqlUpdateObject(): void
     {
-        $data = [];
-
-        $row             = new stdClass();
-        $row->email      = 'derek@world.com';
-        $row->created_at = new RawSql("setDateTime('2022-01-01')");
-        $data[]          = $row;
-
-        $row             = new stdClass();
-        $row->email      = 'ahmadinejad@world.com';
-        $row->created_at = new RawSql("setDateTime('2022-01-01')");
-        $data[]          = $row;
-
-        $this->db->table('user')->updateBatch($data, 'email');
-
-        $row->created_at = new RawSql("setDateTime('2022-01-11')");
-
-        $this->db->table('user')->update($row, "email = 'ahmadinejad@world.com'");
+        $this->db->table('user')->updateBatch([
+            (object) [
+                'email'      => 'derek@world.com',
+                'created_at' => new RawSql("setDateTime('2022-01-01')"),
+            ],
+            (object) [
+                'email'      => 'ahmadinejad@world.com',
+                'created_at' => new RawSql("setDateTime('2022-01-01')"),
+            ],
+        ], 'email');
+        $this->db->table('user')->update(
+            (object) ['created_at' => new RawSql("setDateTime('2022-01-11')")],
+            "email = 'ahmadinejad@world.com'",
+        );
 
         $this->seeInDatabase('user', ['email' => 'derek@world.com', 'created_at' => '2022-01-01 01:01:11']);
         $this->seeInDatabase('user', ['email' => 'ahmadinejad@world.com', 'created_at' => '2022-01-11 01:01:11']);
     }
 
-    public function testRawSqlSetUpdateObject(): void
-    {
-        $data = [];
-
-        $row             = new stdClass();
-        $row->email      = 'derek@world.com';
-        $row->created_at = new RawSql("setDateTime('2022-02-01')");
-        $data[]          = $row;
-
-        $row             = new stdClass();
-        $row->email      = 'ahmadinejad@world.com';
-        $row->created_at = new RawSql("setDateTime('2022-02-01')");
-        $data[]          = $row;
-
-        $this->db->table('user')->setUpdateBatch($data, 'email')->updateBatch(null, 'email');
-
-        $row->created_at = new RawSql("setDateTime('2022-02-11')");
-
-        $this->db->table('user')->set($row)->update(null, "email = 'ahmadinejad@world.com'");
-
-        $this->seeInDatabase('user', ['email' => 'derek@world.com', 'created_at' => '2022-02-01 01:01:11']);
-        $this->seeInDatabase('user', ['email' => 'ahmadinejad@world.com', 'created_at' => '2022-02-11 01:01:11']);
-    }
-
     public function testRawSqlUpdateArray(): void
     {
-        $data = [
-            ['email' => 'derek@world.com', 'created_at' => new RawSql("setDateTime('2022-03-01')")],
-            ['email' => 'ahmadinejad@world.com', 'created_at' => new RawSql("setDateTime('2022-03-01')")],
-        ];
-
-        $this->db->table('user')->updateBatch($data, 'email');
-
+        $this->db->table('user')->updateBatch([
+            [
+                'email'      => 'derek@world.com',
+                'created_at' => new RawSql("setDateTime('2022-03-01')"),
+            ],
+            [
+                'email'      => 'ahmadinejad@world.com',
+                'created_at' => new RawSql("setDateTime('2022-03-01')"),
+            ],
+        ], 'email');
         $this->seeInDatabase('user', ['email' => 'derek@world.com', 'created_at' => '2022-03-01 01:01:11']);
         $this->seeInDatabase('user', ['email' => 'ahmadinejad@world.com', 'created_at' => '2022-03-01 01:01:11']);
 
-        $data = ['email' => 'ahmadinejad@world.com', 'created_at' => new RawSql("setDateTime('2022-03-11')")];
-
-        $this->db->table('user')->update($data, "email = 'ahmadinejad@world.com'");
-
+        $this->db->table('user')->update(
+            ['email' => 'ahmadinejad@world.com', 'created_at' => new RawSql("setDateTime('2022-03-11')")],
+            "email = 'ahmadinejad@world.com'",
+        );
         $this->seeInDatabase('user', ['email' => 'ahmadinejad@world.com', 'created_at' => '2022-03-11 01:01:11']);
     }
 
     public function testRawSqlInsertArray(): void
     {
-        $data = [
-            ['email' => 'pedro@world.com', 'created_at' => new RawSql("setDateTime('2022-04-01')")],
-            ['email' => 'todd@world.com', 'created_at' => new RawSql("setDateTime('2022-04-01')")],
-        ];
-
-        $this->db->table('user')->insertBatch($data);
-
+        $this->db->table('user')->insertBatch([
+            [
+                'name'       => 'Pedro Pascal',
+                'email'      => 'pedro@world.com',
+                'country'    => 'Chile',
+                'created_at' => new RawSql("setDateTime('2022-04-01')"),
+            ],
+            [
+                'name'       => 'Todd Howard',
+                'email'      => 'todd@world.com',
+                'country'    => 'USA',
+                'created_at' => new RawSql("setDateTime('2022-04-01')"),
+            ],
+        ]);
         $this->seeInDatabase('user', ['email' => 'pedro@world.com', 'created_at' => '2022-04-01 01:01:11']);
         $this->seeInDatabase('user', ['email' => 'todd@world.com', 'created_at' => '2022-04-01 01:01:11']);
 
-        $data = ['email' => 'jason@world.com', 'created_at' => new RawSql("setDateTime('2022-04-11')")];
-
-        $this->db->table('user')->insert($data);
-
+        $this->db->table('user')->insert([
+            'name'       => 'Jason Momoa',
+            'email'      => 'jason@world.com',
+            'country'    => 'USA',
+            'created_at' => new RawSql("setDateTime('2022-04-11')"),
+        ]);
         $this->seeInDatabase('user', ['email' => 'jason@world.com', 'created_at' => '2022-04-11 01:01:11']);
     }
 
     public function testRawSqlInsertObject(): void
     {
-        $data = [];
-
-        $row             = new stdClass();
-        $row->email      = 'tony@world.com';
-        $row->created_at = new RawSql("setDateTime('2022-05-01')");
-        $data[]          = $row;
-
-        $row             = new stdClass();
-        $row->email      = 'sara@world.com';
-        $row->created_at = new RawSql("setDateTime('2022-05-01')");
-        $data[]          = $row;
-
-        $this->db->table('user')->insertBatch($data);
-
-        $row->email      = 'jessica@world.com';
-        $row->created_at = new RawSql("setDateTime('2022-05-11')");
-
-        $this->db->table('user')->insert($row);
+        $this->db->table('user')->insertBatch([
+            (object) [
+                'name'       => 'Tony Stark',
+                'email'      => 'tony@world.com',
+                'country'    => 'USA',
+                'created_at' => new RawSql("setDateTime('2022-05-01')"),
+            ],
+            (object) [
+                'name'       => 'Sara Connor',
+                'email'      => 'sara@world.com',
+                'country'    => 'USA',
+                'created_at' => new RawSql("setDateTime('2022-05-01')"),
+            ],
+        ]);
+        $this->db->table('user')->insert((object) [
+            'name'       => 'Jessica Jones',
+            'email'      => 'jessica@world.com',
+            'country'    => 'USA',
+            'created_at' => new RawSql("setDateTime('2022-05-11')"),
+        ]);
 
         $this->seeInDatabase('user', ['email' => 'tony@world.com', 'created_at' => '2022-05-01 01:01:11']);
         $this->seeInDatabase('user', ['email' => 'sara@world.com', 'created_at' => '2022-05-01 01:01:11']);
         $this->seeInDatabase('user', ['email' => 'jessica@world.com', 'created_at' => '2022-05-11 01:01:11']);
     }
-
-    public function testRawSqlSetInsertObject(): void
-    {
-        $data = [];
-
-        $row             = new stdClass();
-        $row->email      = 'laura@world.com';
-        $row->created_at = new RawSql("setDateTime('2022-06-01')");
-        $data[]          = $row;
-
-        $row             = new stdClass();
-        $row->email      = 'travis@world.com';
-        $row->created_at = new RawSql("setDateTime('2022-06-01')");
-        $data[]          = $row;
-
-        $this->db->table('user')->setInsertBatch($data)->insertBatch();
-
-        $this->seeInDatabase('user', ['email' => 'laura@world.com', 'created_at' => '2022-06-01 01:01:11']);
-        $this->seeInDatabase('user', ['email' => 'travis@world.com', 'created_at' => '2022-06-01 01:01:11']);
-
-        $row->email      = 'steve@world.com';
-        $row->created_at = new RawSql("setDateTime('2022-06-11')");
-
-        $this->db->table('user')->set($row)->insert();
-
-        $this->seeInDatabase('user', ['email' => 'steve@world.com', 'created_at' => '2022-06-11 01:01:11']);
-
-        $this->db->table('user')
-            ->set('email', 'dan@world.com')
-            ->set('created_at', new RawSql("setDateTime('2022-06-13')"))
-            ->insert();
-
-        $this->seeInDatabase('user', ['email' => 'dan@world.com', 'created_at' => '2022-06-13 01:01:11']);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelogs/v4.8.0.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelogs/v4.8.0.rst
index fb4a4df1a5c3..d4b854cd42d4 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelogs/v4.8.0.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelogs/v4.8.0.rst
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ Method Signature Changes
     - ``CodeIgniter\CodeIgniter::gatherOutput()`` no longer accepts the deprecated ``$cacheConfig`` parameter.
        As this is the first parameter, custom uses of this method will need to be updated to remove the parameter.
 - **Config:** ``CodeIgniter\Config\Services::request()`` no longer accepts any parameter.
+- **Database:** The following methods have had their signatures updated to remove deprecated parameters:
+    - ``CodeIgniter\Database\Forge::_createTable()`` no longer accepts the deprecated ``$ifNotExists`` parameter. The method signature is now ``_createTable(string $table, array $attributes)``.
 
 Removed Deprecated Items
 ========================
@@ -82,6 +84,17 @@ Removed Deprecated Items
     - ``CodeIgniter\Test\MockCodeIgniter::callExit()``
 - **Config:** Removed the following property deprecated:
     - ``CodeIgniter\Config\BaseService::$services`` (deprecated since v4.5.0)
+- **Database:** Removed the following properties and methods deprecated:
+    - ``CodeIgniter\Database\BaseBuilder::setInsertBatch()``
+    - ``CodeIgniter\Database\BaseBuilder::setUpdateBatch()``
+    - ``CodeIgniter\Database\BaseBuilder::cleanClone()``
+    - ``CodeIgniter\Database\BaseConnection::$strictOn``
+    - ``CodeIgniter\Database\Forge::$createTableIfStr``
+    - ``CodeIgniter\Database\Seeder::$faker``
+    - ``CodeIgniter\Database\Seeder::faker()``
+    - ``CodeIgniter\Database\OCI8\Forge::$createTableIfStr``
+    - ``CodeIgniter\Database\OCI8\Forge::getError()``
+    - ``CodeIgniter\Database\SQLSRV\Forge::$createTableIfStr``
 - **Debug:** Removed the following properties and methods deprecated since v4.4.0:
     - ``CodeIgniter\Debug\Exceptions::$ob_level``
     - ``CodeIgniter\Debug\Exceptions::$viewPath``
diff --git a/utils/phpstan-baseline/loader.neon b/utils/phpstan-baseline/loader.neon
index 9aafab3d4e1f..fa6b7bec119e 100644
--- a/utils/phpstan-baseline/loader.neon
+++ b/utils/phpstan-baseline/loader.neon
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# total 2115 errors
+# total 2111 errors
 
 includes:
     - argument.type.neon
diff --git a/utils/phpstan-baseline/missingType.iterableValue.neon b/utils/phpstan-baseline/missingType.iterableValue.neon
index a584450fc456..fe5e1e78d99f 100644
--- a/utils/phpstan-baseline/missingType.iterableValue.neon
+++ b/utils/phpstan-baseline/missingType.iterableValue.neon
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# total 1258 errors
+# total 1256 errors
 
 parameters:
     ignoreErrors:
@@ -627,11 +627,6 @@ parameters:
             count: 1
             path: ../../system/Database/BaseBuilder.php
 
-        -
-            message: '#^Method CodeIgniter\\Database\\BaseBuilder\:\:setUpdateBatch\(\) has parameter \$key with no value type specified in iterable type array\.$#'
-            count: 1
-            path: ../../system/Database/BaseBuilder.php
-
         -
             message: '#^Method CodeIgniter\\Database\\BaseBuilder\:\:set\(\) has parameter \$key with no value type specified in iterable type array\.$#'
             count: 1
@@ -1132,11 +1127,6 @@ parameters:
             count: 1
             path: ../../system/Database/Forge.php
 
-        -
-            message: '#^Method CodeIgniter\\Database\\Forge\:\:_createTable\(\) has parameter \$attributes with no value type specified in iterable type array\.$#'
-            count: 1
-            path: ../../system/Database/Forge.php
-
         -
             message: '#^Method CodeIgniter\\Database\\Forge\:\:_processColumn\(\) has parameter \$processedField with no value type specified in iterable type array\.$#'
             count: 1
diff --git a/utils/phpstan-baseline/property.phpDocType.neon b/utils/phpstan-baseline/property.phpDocType.neon
index 0ba558aded06..999bb47ea489 100644
--- a/utils/phpstan-baseline/property.phpDocType.neon
+++ b/utils/phpstan-baseline/property.phpDocType.neon
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# total 44 errors
+# total 42 errors
 
 parameters:
     ignoreErrors:
@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@ parameters:
             count: 1
             path: ../../system/Database/OCI8/Forge.php
 
-        -
-            message: '#^PHPDoc type false of property CodeIgniter\\Database\\OCI8\\Forge\:\:\$createTableIfStr is not the same as PHPDoc type bool\|string of overridden property CodeIgniter\\Database\\Forge\:\:\$createTableIfStr\.$#'
-            count: 1
-            path: ../../system/Database/OCI8/Forge.php
-
         -
             message: '#^PHPDoc type false of property CodeIgniter\\Database\\OCI8\\Forge\:\:\$dropDatabaseStr is not the same as PHPDoc type string\|false of overridden property CodeIgniter\\Database\\Forge\:\:\$dropDatabaseStr\.$#'
             count: 1
@@ -102,11 +97,6 @@ parameters:
             count: 1
             path: ../../system/Database/SQLSRV/Forge.php
 
-        -
-            message: '#^PHPDoc type string of property CodeIgniter\\Database\\SQLSRV\\Forge\:\:\$createTableIfStr is not the same as PHPDoc type bool\|string of overridden property CodeIgniter\\Database\\Forge\:\:\$createTableIfStr\.$#'
-            count: 1
-            path: ../../system/Database/SQLSRV/Forge.php
-
         -
             message: '#^PHPDoc type string of property CodeIgniter\\Database\\SQLSRV\\Forge\:\:\$renameTableStr is not the same as PHPDoc type string\|false of overridden property CodeIgniter\\Database\\Forge\:\:\$renameTableStr\.$#'
             count: 1