my $type_num = $colinfo->{data_type};
my $type_name;
if (defined $type_num && $type_num =~ /^-?\d+\z/ && $dbh->can('type_info')) {
- my $type_info = try { $dbh->type_info($type_num) };
+ my $type_info = do {
+ # for buggy Firebird ODBC driver
+ local $dbh->{LongReadLen} = 100_000;
+ local $dbh->{LongTruncOk} = 1;
+ $dbh->type_info($type_num);
+ };
$type_name = $type_info->{TYPE_NAME} if $type_info;
$colinfo->{data_type} = lc $type_name if $type_name;
}