diff --git a/Data/ODBC/include/Poco/Data/ODBC/Binder.h b/Data/ODBC/include/Poco/Data/ODBC/Binder.h
index 473691b29..92fc6f1ed 100644
--- a/Data/ODBC/include/Poco/Data/ODBC/Binder.h
+++ b/Data/ODBC/include/Poco/Data/ODBC/Binder.h
@@ -424,6 +424,8 @@ private:
 
 		SQLLEN* pLenIn = new SQLLEN;
 		*pLenIn  = size;
+		// prevent SQLSTATE = HY104 "Invalid precision value"
+		SQLULEN columnSize = size ? size : 1;
 
 		if (PB_AT_EXEC == _paramBinding)
 			*pLenIn  = SQL_LEN_DATA_AT_EXEC(size);
@@ -435,7 +437,7 @@ private:
 			SQL_PARAM_INPUT,
 			SQL_C_BINARY,
 			SQL_LONGVARBINARY,
-			(SQLUINTEGER) size,
+			columnSize,
 			0,
 			pVal,
 			(SQLINTEGER) size,