diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq++.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq++.sgml
index d4b53557dd..2bcb5003f0 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq++.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq++.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/Attic/libpq++.sgml,v 1.29 2001/05/09 17:29:09 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/Attic/libpq++.sgml,v 1.30 2001/05/09 17:46:11 momjian Exp $
 -->
 
  <chapter id="libpqplusplus">
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/Attic/libpq++.sgml,v 1.29 2001/05/09 17:29:
        Returns the size in bytes of the field associated with the given 
        field index. Field indices start at 0. 
        <synopsis>
-	short PgDatabase::FieldSize(int field_num) const
+	int PgDatabase::FieldSize(int field_num) const
        </synopsis>
        Returns the space allocated for this field in a database tuple given
        the field number. In other words the size of the server's binary 
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/Attic/libpq++.sgml,v 1.29 2001/05/09 17:29:
        Returns the size in bytes of the field associated with the given 
        field index. Field indices start at 0. 
        <synopsis>
-	short PgDatabase::FieldSize(const char *field_name) const
+	int PgDatabase::FieldSize(const char *field_name) const
        </synopsis>
        Returns the space allocated for this field in a database tuple given
        the field name. In other words the size of the server's binary 
diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq++/TODO b/src/interfaces/libpq++/TODO
index 7cf2e4fa17..8f2ca7082a 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq++/TODO
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq++/TODO
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 
 *	Implement exceptions
 *	Many other things I have yet to discover
-*	fix getLength to return an int and not a short
 
diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq++/pgdatabase.cc b/src/interfaces/libpq++/pgdatabase.cc
index 73eab78862..72cec48cf2 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq++/pgdatabase.cc
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq++/pgdatabase.cc
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq++/Attic/pgdatabase.cc,v 1.10 2001/05/09 17:29:10 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq++/Attic/pgdatabase.cc,v 1.11 2001/05/09 17:46:11 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ return PQftype(pgResult, FieldNum(field_name));
 }
 
 
-short PgDatabase::FieldSize(int field_num) const
+int PgDatabase::FieldSize(int field_num) const
 { 
 return PQfsize(pgResult, field_num); 
 }
 
 
-short PgDatabase::FieldSize(const char* field_name) const
+int PgDatabase::FieldSize(const char* field_name) const
 { 
 return PQfsize(pgResult, FieldNum(field_name)); 
 }
diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq++/pgdatabase.h b/src/interfaces/libpq++/pgdatabase.h
index 3815a8641e..2c502bd784 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq++/pgdatabase.h
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq++/pgdatabase.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
  *
- *  $Id: pgdatabase.h,v 1.10 2001/05/09 17:29:10 momjian Exp $
+ *  $Id: pgdatabase.h,v 1.11 2001/05/09 17:46:11 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ public:
   int FieldNum(const char* field_name) const;
   Oid FieldType(int field_num) const;
   Oid FieldType(const char* field_name) const;
-  short FieldSize(int field_num) const;
-  short FieldSize(const char* field_name) const;
+  int FieldSize(int field_num) const;
+  int FieldSize(const char* field_name) const;
   const char* GetValue(size_type tup_num, int field_num) const;
   const char* GetValue(size_type tup_num, const char* field_name) const;
   bool GetIsNull(size_type tup_num, int field_num) const;