diff --git a/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc1/ResultSetMetaData.java b/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc1/ResultSetMetaData.java
index 73575cbaca544a035d02039a84778a5ad22e8028..73b5b11367bc9a7625f8b29fe20380e916fdaed3 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc1/ResultSetMetaData.java
+++ b/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc1/ResultSetMetaData.java
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ public class ResultSetMetaData implements java.sql.ResultSetMetaData
    */
   public boolean isDefinitelyWritable(int column) throws SQLException
   {
-    return isWritable(column);
+    return false;
   }
   
   // ********************************************************
diff --git a/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc2/ResultSetMetaData.java b/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc2/ResultSetMetaData.java
index d1db49c054bdc818a79209f4943a41f25df6a11a..e09b872f49616902c02991da92f27aef74aa47be 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc2/ResultSetMetaData.java
+++ b/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc2/ResultSetMetaData.java
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ public class ResultSetMetaData implements java.sql.ResultSetMetaData
    */
   public boolean isDefinitelyWritable(int column) throws SQLException
   {
-    return isWritable(column);
+    return false;
   }
   
   // ********************************************************