diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ChangeLog b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ChangeLog
index e6009b454e..846aa8a158 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ChangeLog
@@ -843,5 +843,10 @@ Thu Mar  2 11:25:09 CET 2000
 	- Fixed some parsing problems. A variable can now be a reserved
 	  SQL keyword.
 	- Made sure double quotes in statements are correctly quoted.
+
+Thu Mar  2 17:42:16 CET 2000
+
+	- Print error message if an indicator array is given for input
+	  variables.
 	- Set library version to 3.1.0.
 	- Set ecpg version to 2.7.0.
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/preproc.y b/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/preproc.y
index a65c822488..d3abd00228 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/preproc.y
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/preproc.y
@@ -5033,6 +5033,9 @@ coutputvariable : cvariable indicator {
 }
 
 cinputvariable : cvariable indicator {
+		if ($2 != NULL && (find_variable($2))->type->typ == ECPGt_array)
+			mmerror(ET_ERROR, "arrays of indicators are not allowed on input");
+
 		add_variable(&argsinsert, find_variable($1), ($2 == NULL) ? &no_indicator : find_variable($2)); 
 }