diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ChangeLog b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ChangeLog
index a0a49ad946..136a7a7562 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ChangeLog
@@ -1368,6 +1368,7 @@ Thu Mar 20 16:53:40 CET 2003
 Fri Mar 21 15:13:42 CET 2003
 
 	- Made sure preprocessor accepts new datatypes.
+	- Do not free prepared statements at the end of a transaction.
 	- Set ecpg version to 2.12.0.
 	- Set ecpg library to 3.4.2.
 	- Set pgtypes library to 1.0.0
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/misc.c b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/misc.c
index 4e2f92d178..48223d0568 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/misc.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/misc.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/misc.c,v 1.1 2003/03/16 10:42:53 meskes Exp $ */
+/* $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/misc.c,v 1.2 2003/03/21 15:31:04 meskes Exp $ */
 
 #include "postgres_fe.h"
 
@@ -109,9 +109,11 @@ ECPGtrans(int lineno, const char *connection_name, const char *transaction)
 	{
 		con->committed = true;
 
+#if 0
 		/* deallocate all prepared statements */
 		if (!ECPGdeallocate_all(lineno))
 			return false;
+#endif
 	}
 
 	return true;