diff -up mdbtools-0.6pre1/src/odbc/odbc.c.odbc mdbtools-0.6pre1/src/odbc/odbc.c
--- mdbtools-0.6pre1/src/odbc/odbc.c.odbc	2008-11-24 09:57:03.000000000 +0100
+++ mdbtools-0.6pre1/src/odbc/odbc.c	2008-11-24 10:20:06.000000000 +0100
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ SQLRETURN SQL_API SQLDescribeCol(
     SQLSMALLINT FAR   *pibScale,
     SQLSMALLINT FAR   *pfNullable)
 {
-	int namelen, i;
+	int i;
 	struct _hstmt *stmt = (struct _hstmt *) hstmt;
 	struct _hdbc *dbc = (struct _hdbc *) stmt->hdbc;
 	struct _henv *env = (struct _henv *) dbc->henv;
@@ -620,9 +620,10 @@ SQLRETURN SQL_API SQLDescribeCol(
      }
 
 	if (szColName) {
-		namelen = MIN(cbColNameMax,strlen(sqlcol->name));
-		strncpy(szColName, sqlcol->name, namelen);
-		szColName[namelen]='\0';
+		strncpy(szColName, sqlcol->name, cbColNameMax);
+		szColName[cbColNameMax - 1] = '\0';
+		if (pcbColName)
+			*pcbColName = strlen(sqlcol->name);
 	}
 	if (pfSqlType) {
 		*pfSqlType = _odbc_get_client_type(col->col_type);
@@ -650,7 +651,7 @@ SQLRETURN SQL_API SQLColAttributes(
     SQLSMALLINT FAR   *pcbDesc,
     SQLLEN FAR        *pfDesc)
 {
-	int namelen, i;
+	int i;
 	struct _hstmt *stmt;
 	struct _hdbc *dbc;
 	struct _henv *env;
@@ -690,9 +691,10 @@ SQLRETURN SQL_API SQLColAttributes(
 	switch(fDescType) {
 		case SQL_COLUMN_NAME:
 		case SQL_COLUMN_LABEL:
-			namelen = MIN(cbDescMax,strlen(sqlcol->name));
-			strncpy(rgbDesc, sqlcol->name, namelen);
-			((char *)rgbDesc)[namelen]='\0';
+			strncpy(rgbDesc, sqlcol->name, cbDescMax);
+			((char *)rgbDesc)[cbDescMax - 1] = '\0';
+ 			if (pcbDesc)
+				*pcbDesc = strlen(sqlcol->name);
 			break;
 		case SQL_COLUMN_TYPE:
 			*pfDesc = SQL_CHAR;
@@ -1162,13 +1164,21 @@ SQLRETURN SQL_API SQLGetData(
 		strcpy(rgbValue, (col->cur_value_len)?"0":"1");
 		if (pcbValue)
 			*pcbValue = 1;
+	} else if (col->col_type == MDB_OLE) {
+		int len;
+		col->bind_ptr = rgbValue;
+		len = mdb_ole_read(mdb, col, mdb->pg_buf + col->cur_value_start, cbValueMax);
+		col->bind_ptr = NULL;
+		if (pcbValue)
+			*pcbValue = len;
 	} else if (col->cur_value_len) {
 		char *str = mdb_col_to_string(mdb,mdb->pg_buf,
 			col->cur_value_start,col->col_type,col->cur_value_len);
-		strcpy(rgbValue, str);
+		strncpy(rgbValue, str, cbValueMax);
+		((char *)rgbValue)[cbValueMax - 1] = 0;
 		g_free(str);
 		if (pcbValue)
-			*pcbValue = col->cur_value_len;
+			*pcbValue = strlen(rgbValue);
 	} else {
 		/* When NULL data is retrieved, non-null pcbValue is required */
 		if (pcbValue) {