diff -Naur postgresql-7.1RC1.orig/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/ecpgtype.h postgresql-7.1RC1/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/ecpgtype.h
--- postgresql-7.1RC1.orig/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/ecpgtype.h	Sun Jan  7 04:03:39 2001
+++ postgresql-7.1RC1/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/ecpgtype.h	Wed Mar 28 12:36:05 2001
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 		ECPGd_EODT				/* End of descriptor types. */
 	};
 
-#define IS_SIMPLE_TYPE(type) ((type) >= ECPGt_char && (type) <= ECPGt_varchar2)
+#define IS_SIMPLE_TYPE(type) ((type) >= ECPGt_char && (type) <= ECPGt_varchar2 || (type)>=ECPGt_long_long)
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }