diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ChangeLog b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ChangeLog
index 742cd66c86..15b7af94c6 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ChangeLog
@@ -1656,6 +1656,11 @@ Tue Sep 23 14:50:45 CEST 2003
 
 	- Changed struct definition handling so "struct foo {}" always gets
 	  defined.
+	  
+Fri Sep 26 17:14:07 CEST 2003
+
+	- Incorrect datatype with precision argument should not create a
+	  segfault.
 	- Set ecpg version to 3.0.0
 	- Set ecpg library to 4.0.0
 	- Set pgtypes library to 1.0.0
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/preproc.y b/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/preproc.y
index b49a85af4f..2008c42c9c 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/preproc.y
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/preproc.y
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/Attic/preproc.y,v 1.260 2003/09/24 19:05:32 momjian Exp $ */
+/* $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/Attic/preproc.y,v 1.261 2003/09/26 15:16:29 meskes Exp $ */
 
 /* Copyright comment */
 %{
@@ -4785,7 +4785,11 @@ common_type: simple_type
 				$$.type_str = make_str("decimal");
 			}
 			else
+			{
 				mmerror(PARSE_ERROR, ET_ERROR, "Only numeric/decimal have precision/scale argument");
+				$$.type_enum = ECPGt_numeric;
+				$$.type_str = make_str("numeric");
+			}
 			
 			$$.type_dimension = make_str("-1");
 			$$.type_index = make_str("-1");