"char *" of course is not the same as "char []". So I had to fix the way ecpg treated the second one.

src/interfaces/ecpg/ChangeLog

@@ -1550,6 +1550,10 @@ Wed Jul  2 09:45:59 CEST 2003
 Fri Jul  4 13:51:11 CEST 2003
 
 	- date, interval and timestamp data should be quoted. 
+	
+Mon Jul  7 14:13:43 CEST 2003
+
+	- Made sure "char *" is handled differently than "char []".
 	- Set ecpg version to 3.0.0
 	- Set ecpg library to 4.0.0
 	- Set pgtypes library to 1.0.0

src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/execute.c

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/execute.c,v 1.16 2003/07/04 12:00:52 meskes Exp $ */
+/* $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/execute.c,v 1.17 2003/07/07 12:15:33 meskes Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * The aim is to get a simpler inteface to the database routines.
@@ -138,6 +138,14 @@ create_statement(int lineno, int compat, int force_indicator, struct connection
 			else
 				var->value = var->pointer;
 
+			/* negative values are used to indicate an array without given bounds */
+			/* reset to zero for us */
+			if (var->arrsize < 0)
+				var->arrsize = 0;
+			if (var->varcharsize < 0)
+				var->varcharsize = 0;
+				
+		
 			var->ind_type = va_arg(ap, enum ECPGttype);
 			var->ind_pointer = va_arg(ap, char *);
 			var->ind_varcharsize = va_arg(ap, long);

src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/variable.c

@@ -512,7 +512,14 @@ adjust_array(enum ECPGttype type_enum, char **dimension, char **length, char *ty
 			/* one index is the string length */
 			if (atoi(*length) < 0)
 			{
-				*length = (atoi(*dimension) < 0) ? make_str("1") : *dimension;
+				/* make sure we return length = -1 for arrays without given bounds */
+				if (atoi(*dimension) < 0)
+					*length = make_str("1");
+				else if (atoi(*dimension) == 0)
+					*length = make_str("-1");
+				else 
+					*length = *dimension;
+				
 				*dimension = make_str("-1");
 			}
 			break;