diff --git a/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc1/AbstractJdbc1Statement.java b/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc1/AbstractJdbc1Statement.java
index 456697cd36260a7126eb05a67c75f332579b0610..a1c9007fb26d2729a763e7726f86492e28b68797 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc1/AbstractJdbc1Statement.java
+++ b/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc1/AbstractJdbc1Statement.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import java.sql.Timestamp;
 import java.sql.Types;
 import java.util.Vector;
 
-/* $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc1/Attic/AbstractJdbc1Statement.java,v 1.22 2003/05/29 04:39:49 barry Exp $
+/* $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc1/Attic/AbstractJdbc1Statement.java,v 1.23 2003/05/29 04:48:33 barry Exp $
  * This class defines methods of the jdbc1 specification.  This class is
  * extended by org.postgresql.jdbc2.AbstractJdbc2Statement which adds the jdbc2
  * methods.  The real Statement class (for jdbc1) is org.postgresql.jdbc1.Jdbc1Statement
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractJdbc1Statement implements BaseStatement
 			synchronized (sbuf)
 			{
 				sbuf.setLength(0);
-				sbuf.ensureCapacity(x.length());
+				sbuf.ensureCapacity(x.length() + (int)(x.length() / 10));
 				int i;
 
 				sbuf.append('\'');
diff --git a/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/util/PGbytea.java b/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/util/PGbytea.java
index d754cbfd6837dddfaccf4f0cc53e5ef187f3902e..31eb0c4d94f4d45203d77d64a69ab77f672e0d13 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/util/PGbytea.java
+++ b/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/util/PGbytea.java
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2003, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/util/Attic/PGbytea.java,v 1.7 2003/03/07 18:39:46 barry Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/util/Attic/PGbytea.java,v 1.8 2003/05/29 04:48:33 barry Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public class PGbytea
 	{
 		if (p_buf == null)
 			return null;
-		StringBuffer l_strbuf = new StringBuffer(p_buf.length);
+		StringBuffer l_strbuf = new StringBuffer(2 * p_buf.length);
 		for (int i = 0; i < p_buf.length; i++)
 		{
 			int l_int = (int)p_buf[i];