From a28b1f6d3abf3f2db1cb2c54ba750b94fb6e08c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ilia Alshanetsky <iliaa@php.net>
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:49:23 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Possible fix for bug #43861

---
 ext/mssql/php_mssql.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ext/mssql/php_mssql.c b/ext/mssql/php_mssql.c
index 986c2520e5a..7987046982a 100644
--- a/ext/mssql/php_mssql.c
+++ b/ext/mssql/php_mssql.c
@@ -890,6 +890,10 @@ static void php_mssql_get_column_content_with_type(mssql_link *mssql_ptr,int off
 				DBDATEREC dateinfo;	
 				int res_length = dbdatlen(mssql_ptr->link,offset);
 
+				if (res_length == -1) {
+					res_length = 255;
+				}
+
 				if ((column_type != SQLDATETIME && column_type != SQLDATETIM4) || MS_SQL_G(datetimeconvert)) {
 
 					switch (column_type) {