diff --git a/src/common/db.cpp b/src/common/db.cpp
index 4d1df50319..5e37eaf860 100644
--- a/src/common/db.cpp
+++ b/src/common/db.cpp
@@ -2306,6 +2306,7 @@ bool wxDb::ExecSql(const wxString &pSqlStmt, wxDbColInf** columns, short& numcol
             return false;
         }
 
+        pColInf[colNum].sqlDataType = Sqllen;
         switch (Sqllen)
         {
 #if wxUSE_UNICODE