diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c
index 6a68af49d3..d4a30b8fc9 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c,v 1.56 1998/07/09 03:29:08 scrappy Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c,v 1.57 1998/07/13 00:01:44 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ getRowDescriptions(PGconn *conn)
 		if (pqGets(typName, MAX_MESSAGE_LEN, conn) ||
 			pqGetInt(&adtid, 4, conn) ||
 			pqGetInt(&adtsize, 2, conn) ||
-			pqGetInt(&adtmod, 2, conn))
+			pqGetInt(&adtmod, 4, conn))
 		{
 			PQclear(result);
 			return EOF;
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ getRowDescriptions(PGconn *conn)
 		result->attDescs[i].name = strdup(typName);
 		result->attDescs[i].adtid = adtid;
 		result->attDescs[i].adtsize = (short) adtsize;
-		result->attDescs[i].adtmod = (short) adtmod;
+		result->attDescs[i].adtmod = adtmod;
 	}
 
 	/* Success! */
diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/libpq-fe.h b/src/interfaces/libpq/libpq-fe.h
index a4fad81a37..18c4a5f132 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/libpq-fe.h
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/libpq-fe.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $Id: libpq-fe.h,v 1.31 1998/07/09 03:29:09 scrappy Exp $
+ * $Id: libpq-fe.h,v 1.32 1998/07/13 00:01:45 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ extern		"C"
 		char	   *name;		/* type name */
 		Oid			adtid;		/* type id */
 		short		adtsize;	/* type size */
-		short		adtmod;		/* type-specific modifier info */
+		int			adtmod;		/* type-specific modifier info */
 	} PGresAttDesc;
 
 /* use char* for Attribute values,