switch (var->sqltype & ~1) {
				struct tm t;
				char *fmt;

				case SQL_VARYING:
					*ptr = &var->sqldata[2];
					*len = *(short*)var->sqldata;
					break;
				case SQL_TEXT:
					*ptr = var->sqldata;
					*len = var->sqllen;
					break;
				case SQL_SHORT:
					*len = sizeof(zend_long);
					*ptr = FETCH_BUF(S->fetch_buf[colno], zend_long, 1, NULL);
					*(zend_long *)*ptr = *(short*)var->sqldata;
					break;
				case SQL_LONG:
					*len = sizeof(zend_long);
					*ptr = FETCH_BUF(S->fetch_buf[colno], zend_long, 1, NULL);
					*(zend_long *)*ptr = *(ISC_LONG*)var->sqldata;
					break;
				case SQL_INT64:
#if SIZEOF_ZEND_LONG >= 8 
					*len = sizeof(zend_long);
					*ptr = FETCH_BUF(S->fetch_buf[colno], zend_long, 1, NULL);
					*(zend_long *)*ptr = *(ISC_INT64*)var->sqldata;
#else
					*ptr = FETCH_BUF(S->fetch_buf[colno], char, CHAR_BUF_LEN, NULL);
					*len = slprintf(*ptr, CHAR_BUF_LEN, "%" LL_MASK "d", *(ISC_INT64*)var->sqldata);
#endif
					break;
				case SQL_FLOAT:
					*ptr = FETCH_BUF(S->fetch_buf[colno], char, CHAR_BUF_LEN, NULL);
					*len = slprintf(*ptr, CHAR_BUF_LEN, "%F", *(float*)var->sqldata);
					break;
				case SQL_DOUBLE:
					*ptr = FETCH_BUF(S->fetch_buf[colno], char, CHAR_BUF_LEN, NULL);
					*len = slprintf(*ptr, CHAR_BUF_LEN, "%F" , *(double*)var->sqldata);
					break;
				case SQL_TYPE_DATE:
					isc_decode_sql_date((ISC_DATE*)var->sqldata, &t);
					fmt = S->H->date_format ? S->H->date_format : PDO_FB_DEF_DATE_FMT;
					if (0) {
				case SQL_TYPE_TIME:
						isc_decode_sql_time((ISC_TIME*)var->sqldata, &t);
						fmt = S->H->time_format ? S->H->time_format : PDO_FB_DEF_TIME_FMT;
					} else if (0) {
				case SQL_TIMESTAMP:
						isc_decode_timestamp((ISC_TIMESTAMP*)var->sqldata, &t);
						fmt = S->H->timestamp_format ? S->H->timestamp_format : PDO_FB_DEF_TIMESTAMP_FMT;
					}
					/* convert the timestamp into a string */
					*len = 80;
					*ptr = FETCH_BUF(S->fetch_buf[colno], char, *len, NULL);
					*len = strftime(*ptr, *len, fmt, &t);
					break;
				case SQL_BLOB:
					return firebird_fetch_blob(stmt,colno,ptr,len,
						(ISC_QUAD*)var->sqldata);
			}