diff -dcrpN pgsql.fixshred/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/ecpg.trailer pgsql.cname_in_varchar/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/ecpg.trailer
*** pgsql.fixshred/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/ecpg.trailer	2009-10-03 01:42:17.000000000 +0200
--- pgsql.cname_in_varchar/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/ecpg.trailer	2009-10-03 02:05:58.000000000 +0200
*************** char_variable: cvariable
*** 228,233 ****
--- 228,265 ----
  		}
  		;
  
+ cursor_char_variable: cvariable
+ 		{
+ 			/* check if we have a string variable */
+ 			struct variable *p = find_variable($1);
+ 			enum ECPGttype type = p->type->type;
+ 
+ 			/* If we have just one character this is not a string */
+ 			if (atol(p->type->size) == 1)
+ 					mmerror(PARSE_ERROR, ET_ERROR, "invalid data type");
+ 			else
+ 			{
+ 				/* if array see what's inside */
+ 				if (type == ECPGt_array)
+ 					type = p->type->u.element->type;
+ 
+ 				switch (type)
+ 				{
+ 					case ECPGt_char:
+ 					case ECPGt_unsigned_char:
+ 					case ECPGt_string:
+ 					case ECPGt_varchar:
+ 						$$ = $1;
+ 						break;
+ 					default:
+ 						mmerror(PARSE_ERROR, ET_ERROR, "invalid data type");
+ 						$$ = $1;
+ 						break;
+ 				}
+ 			}
+ 		}
+ 		;
+ 
  opt_options: Op connect_options
  		{
  			if (strlen($1) == 0)
*************** civarind: cvariable indicator
*** 1798,1804 ****
  		}
  		;
  
! char_civar: char_variable
  		{
  			add_variable_to_head(&argsinsert, find_variable($1), &no_indicator);
  			$$ = $1;
--- 1830,1836 ----
  		}
  		;
  
! char_civar: cursor_char_variable
  		{
  			add_variable_to_head(&argsinsert, find_variable($1), &no_indicator);
  			$$ = $1;
diff -dcrpN pgsql.fixshred/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/ecpg.type pgsql.cname_in_varchar/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/ecpg.type
*** pgsql.fixshred/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/ecpg.type	2009-10-03 01:41:51.000000000 +0200
--- pgsql.cname_in_varchar/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/ecpg.type	2009-10-03 02:03:31.000000000 +0200
***************
*** 46,51 ****
--- 46,52 ----
  %type <str> char_civar
  %type <str> civar
  %type <str> civarind
+ %type <str> cursor_char_variable
  %type <str> ColLabel
  %type <str> connect_options
  %type <str> connection_object