diff -rcN v7/org/postgresql/jdbc2/AbstractJdbc2Statement.java v8a/org/postgresql/jdbc2/AbstractJdbc2Statement.java
*** v7/org/postgresql/jdbc2/AbstractJdbc2Statement.java	Thu Jan  4 20:49:32 2007
--- v8a/org/postgresql/jdbc2/AbstractJdbc2Statement.java	Sun Jan  7 11:43:38 2007
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*** 451,456 ****
--- 451,461 ----
          if (concurrency != ResultSet.CONCUR_READ_ONLY)
              flags |= QueryExecutor.QUERY_NO_BINARY_TRANSFER;
  
+ 
+         int flags2 = flags | QueryExecutor.QUERY_DESCRIBE_ONLY;
+         StatementResultHandler handler2 = new StatementResultHandler();
+         connection.getQueryExecutor().execute(queryToExecute, queryParameters, handler2, 0, 0, flags2);
+ 
          StatementResultHandler handler = new StatementResultHandler();
          result = null;
          connection.getQueryExecutor().execute(queryToExecute,