diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ChangeLog b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ChangeLog
index 82d28b80bc..dcd7ff197e 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ChangeLog
@@ -940,5 +940,9 @@ Mit Sep 20 12:40:27 PDT 2000
 	  backend NOTICEs.
 	- Added patch by Christof Petig <christof.petig@wtal.de> to cache
 	  type information.
+
+Don Sep 21 13:54:13 PDT 2000
+
+	- Enabled parser to accept ip addresses instead of host names.
 	- Set ecpg version to 2.8.0. 
 	- Set library version to 3.2.0.
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/lib/execute.c b/src/interfaces/ecpg/lib/execute.c
index 762aab49c7..a0bef5ae2a 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/lib/execute.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/lib/execute.c
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ static void
 ECPGtypeinfocache_push(struct ECPGtype_information_cache **cache, int oid, bool isarray, int lineno)
 {
 	struct ECPGtype_information_cache	*new_entry 
-						= ecpg_alloc(sizeof(struct ECPGtype_information_cache), lineno);
+						= (struct ECPGtype_information_cache *) ecpg_alloc(sizeof(struct ECPGtype_information_cache), lineno);
 	new_entry->oid = oid;
 	new_entry->isarray = isarray;
 	new_entry->next = *cache;
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ ECPGdo(int lineno, const char *connection_name, char *query,...)
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2000, Christof Petig <christof.petig@wtal.de>
  *
- * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/ecpg/lib/Attic/execute.c,v 1.9 2000/09/20 13:25:51 meskes Exp $
+ * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/ecpg/lib/Attic/execute.c,v 1.10 2000/09/21 11:56:07 meskes Exp $
  */
 
 PGconn	   *ECPG_internal_get_connection(char *name);
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/pgc.l b/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/pgc.l
index c23bb9cd47..4993d2ded7 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/pgc.l
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/pgc.l
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/pgc.l,v 1.61 2000/09/19 11:47:14 meskes Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/pgc.l,v 1.62 2000/09/21 11:56:07 meskes Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -260,6 +260,8 @@ elif	[eE][lL][iI][fF]
 endif	[eE][nN][dD][iI][fF]
 
 exec_sql		{exec}{space_or_nl}*{sql}{space_or_nl}*
+ipdigit			({digit}|{digit}{digit}|{digit}{digit}{digit})
+ip			{ipdigit}\.{ipdigit}\.{ipdigit}\.{ipdigit}
 
 /* Take care of cpp continuation lines */
 cppline			{space}*#(.*\\{line_end})*.*
@@ -516,6 +518,10 @@ cppline			{space}*#(.*\\{line_end})*.*
 					}
 					return ICONST;
 				}
+<SQL>{ip}			{
+					yylval.str = mm_strdup((char*)yytext);
+					return IP;
+				}
 {decimal}		{
 					yylval.str = mm_strdup((char*)yytext);
 					return FCONST;
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/preproc.y b/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/preproc.y
index e32b524f79..888e5f139b 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/preproc.y
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/preproc.y
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ make_name(void)
 		VALID, VERBOSE, VERSION
 
 /* Special keywords, not in the query language - see the "lex" file */
-%token <str>    IDENT SCONST Op CSTRING CVARIABLE CPP_LINE
+%token <str>    IDENT SCONST Op CSTRING CVARIABLE CPP_LINE IP
 %token <ival>   ICONST PARAM
 %token <dval>   FCONST
 
@@ -4029,9 +4029,11 @@ connection_target: database_name opt_server opt_port
 		    mmerror(ET_ERROR, errortext);
 		  }
 
-		  if (strncmp($1, "unix", strlen("unix")) == 0 && strncmp($3 + strlen("//"), "localhost", strlen("localhost")) != 0)
+		  if (strncmp($1, "unix", strlen("unix")) == 0 && 
+			strncmp($3 + strlen("//"), "localhost", strlen("localhost")) != 0 &&
+			strncmp($3 + strlen("//"), "127.0.0.1", strlen("127.0.0.1")) != 0)
 		  {
-		    sprintf(errortext, "unix domain sockets only work on 'localhost' but not on '%9.9s'", $3 +strlen("//"));
+		    sprintf(errortext, "unix domain sockets only work on 'localhost' but not on '%9.9s'", $3 + strlen("//"));
                     mmerror(ET_ERROR, errortext);
 		  }
 
@@ -4087,7 +4089,8 @@ opt_server: server { $$ = $1; }
         | /* empty */ { $$ = EMPTY; }
 
 server_name: ColId   { $$ = $1; }
-        | ColId '.' server_name { 	$$ = make3_str($1, make_str("."), $3); }
+        | ColId '.' server_name { $$ = make3_str($1, make_str("."), $3); }
+	| IP			{ $$ = make_name(); }
 
 opt_port: ':' Iconst { $$ = make2_str(make_str(":"), $2); }
         | /* empty */ { $$ = EMPTY; }
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/test2.pgc b/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/test2.pgc
index a2da818122..9de50aa513 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/test2.pgc
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/test2.pgc
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ exec sql end declare section;
                 ECPGdebug(1, dbgs);
 
 	strcpy(msg, "connect");
-	exec sql connect to unix:postgresql://localhost:5432/mm;
+	exec sql connect to unix:postgresql://127.0.0.1:5432/mm;
 
 	strcpy(msg, "create");
 	exec sql create table meskes(name char(8), born integer, age smallint, married date, children integer);
@@ -124,5 +124,6 @@ exec sql end declare section;
 	if (dbgs != NULL)
                 fclose(dbgs);
 
+
 	return (0);
 }