--- org/postgresql/jdbc1/ResultSet.java.orig	Tue Jun 26 16:43:38 2001
+++ org/postgresql/jdbc1/ResultSet.java	Tue Jun 26 16:41:07 2001
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@
 	  } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
 	    throw new PSQLException ("postgresql.res.badbigdec",s);
 	  }
+    if (scale==-1) return val;
 	  try
 	    {
 	      return val.setScale(scale);
@@ -775,7 +776,8 @@
       case Types.BIGINT:
 	return new Long(getLong(columnIndex));
       case Types.NUMERIC:
-	return getBigDecimal(columnIndex, ((field.mod-4) & 0xffff));
+	return getBigDecimal
+      (columnIndex, (field.mod==-1)?-1:((field.mod-4) & 0xffff));
       case Types.REAL:
 	return new Float(getFloat(columnIndex));
       case Types.DOUBLE: