From aa0af8af00a01a51f6042d03148a14206018b94a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Howard Butler <hobu.inc@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 15:54:47 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] make the error message when attempting to describe a column
 of unknown type more substantial

---
 src/backends/postgresql/statement.cpp | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backends/postgresql/statement.cpp b/src/backends/postgresql/statement.cpp
index 4f900f463..d681ae1d0 100644
--- a/src/backends/postgresql/statement.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/postgresql/statement.cpp
@@ -528,7 +528,12 @@ void postgresql_statement_backend::describe_column(int colNum, data_type & type,
         break;
 
     default:
-         throw soci_error("Unknown data type.");
+    {
+        std::stringstream message;
+        message << "unknown data type with typelem: " << typeOid << " for colNum: " << colNum << " with name: " << PQfname(result_, pos);
+        throw soci_error(message.str());
+        
+    }
     }
 
     columnName = PQfname(result_, pos);