diff --git a/src/interfaces/odbc/pgtypes.c b/src/interfaces/odbc/pgtypes.c
index 39b363c743a28ff051e5aa8b02c988bd37ee7bf8..6f3d1df3a942db6ae0bcef69642b0fc4408cbe44 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/odbc/pgtypes.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/odbc/pgtypes.c
@@ -1320,7 +1320,7 @@ pgtype_create_params(StatementClass *stmt, Int4 type)
 {
 	switch (type)
 	{
-		case PG_TYPE_CHAR:
+		case PG_TYPE_BPCHAR:
 		case PG_TYPE_VARCHAR:
 			return "max. length";
 		default: