diff --git a/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc1/AbstractJdbc1ResultSet.java b/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc1/AbstractJdbc1ResultSet.java
index cbdcb82033..42cde40286 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc1/AbstractJdbc1ResultSet.java
+++ b/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc1/AbstractJdbc1ResultSet.java
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2003, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc1/AbstractJdbc1ResultSet.java,v 1.24 2003/11/29 19:52:10 pgsql Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc1/AbstractJdbc1ResultSet.java,v 1.25 2003/12/12 17:58:34 davec Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractJdbc1ResultSet implements BaseResultSet
 
 			try
 			{
-				if (Double.parseDouble(s)==1)
+				if (Double.valueOf(s).doubleValue()==1)
 					return true;
 			}
 			catch (NumberFormatException e)