diff --git a/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc2/Array.java b/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc2/Array.java
index d3317b680c2..77c40139199 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc2/Array.java
+++ b/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc2/Array.java
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public class Array implements java.sql.Array
 			case Types.NUMERIC:
 				retVal = new BigDecimal[ count ];
 				for ( ; count > 0; count-- )
-					((BigDecimal[])retVal)[i++] = AbstractJdbc2ResultSet.toBigDecimal( arrayContents[(int)index++], 0 );
+					((BigDecimal[])retVal)[i++] = AbstractJdbc2ResultSet.toBigDecimal( arrayContents[(int)index++], -1 );
 				break;
 			case Types.REAL:
 				retVal = new float[ count ];