Index: driver/utility.c
===================================================================
--- driver/utility.c	(revision 1110)
+++ driver/utility.c	(working copy)
@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@
 SQLSMALLINT get_sql_data_type(STMT *stmt, MYSQL_FIELD *field, char *buff)
 {
   my_bool field_is_binary= test(field->charsetnr == 63);
+  my_bool has_org_table= test(field->org_table_length > 0);
 
   switch (field->type) {
   case MYSQL_TYPE_BIT:
@@ -498,9 +499,10 @@
 
   case MYSQL_TYPE_STRING:
     if (buff)
-      (void)strmov(buff, field_is_binary ? "binary" : "char");
+      (void)strmov(buff, (field_is_binary && has_org_table) ?
+                         "binary" : "char");
 
-    return field_is_binary ? SQL_BINARY : SQL_CHAR;
+    return (field_is_binary && has_org_table) ? SQL_BINARY : SQL_CHAR;
 
   /*
     MYSQL_TYPE_VARCHAR is never actually sent, this just silences
@@ -509,33 +511,42 @@
   case MYSQL_TYPE_VARCHAR:
   case MYSQL_TYPE_VAR_STRING:
     if (buff)
-      (void)strmov(buff, field_is_binary ? "varbinary" : "varchar");
+      (void)strmov(buff, (field_is_binary && has_org_table) ?
+                         "varbinary" : "varchar");
 
-    return field_is_binary ? SQL_VARBINARY : SQL_VARCHAR;
+    return (field_is_binary && has_org_table) ? SQL_VARBINARY : SQL_VARCHAR;
 
   case MYSQL_TYPE_TINY_BLOB:
     if (buff)
-      (void)strmov(buff, field_is_binary ? "tinyblob" : "tinytext");
+      (void)strmov(buff, (field_is_binary && has_org_table) ?
+                         "tinyblob" : "tinytext");
 
-    return field_is_binary ? SQL_LONGVARBINARY : SQL_LONGVARCHAR;
+    return (field_is_binary && has_org_table) ? 
+           SQL_LONGVARBINARY : SQL_LONGVARCHAR;
 
   case MYSQL_TYPE_BLOB:
     if (buff)
-      (void)strmov(buff, field_is_binary ? "blob" : "text");
+      (void)strmov(buff, (field_is_binary && has_org_table) ?
+                         "blob" : "text");
 
-    return field_is_binary ? SQL_LONGVARBINARY : SQL_LONGVARCHAR;
+    return (field_is_binary && has_org_table) ?
+           SQL_LONGVARBINARY : SQL_LONGVARCHAR;
 
   case MYSQL_TYPE_MEDIUM_BLOB:
     if (buff)
-      (void)strmov(buff, field_is_binary ? "mediumblob" : "mediumtext");
+      (void)strmov(buff, (field_is_binary && has_org_table) ?
+                         "mediumblob" : "mediumtext");
 
-    return field_is_binary ? SQL_LONGVARBINARY : SQL_LONGVARCHAR;
+    return (field_is_binary && has_org_table) ?
+           SQL_LONGVARBINARY : SQL_LONGVARCHAR;
 
   case MYSQL_TYPE_LONG_BLOB:
     if (buff)
-      (void)strmov(buff, field_is_binary ? "longblob" : "longtext");
+      (void)strmov(buff, (field_is_binary && has_org_table) ?
+                         "longblob" : "longtext");
 
-    return field_is_binary ? SQL_LONGVARBINARY : SQL_LONGVARCHAR;
+    return (field_is_binary && has_org_table) ?
+           SQL_LONGVARBINARY : SQL_LONGVARCHAR;
 
   case MYSQL_TYPE_ENUM:
     if (buff)
Index: test/my_catalog.c
===================================================================
--- test/my_catalog.c	(revision 1110)
+++ test/my_catalog.c	(working copy)
@@ -1269,6 +1269,26 @@
 }
 
 
+/**
+  Bug #29402: field type charset 63 problem
+*/
+DECLARE_TEST(t_bug29402)
+{
+  SQLSMALLINT name_length, data_type, decimal_digits, nullable;
+  SQLCHAR column_name[SQL_MAX_COLUMN_NAME_LEN];
+  SQLULEN column_size;
+
+  ok_sql(hstmt, "SELECT CONCAT('ABCDEFG', 20) concated");
+
+  ok_stmt(hstmt, SQLDescribeCol(hstmt, 1, column_name, sizeof(column_name),
+                                &name_length, &data_type, &column_size,
+                                &decimal_digits, &nullable));
+
+  is_num(data_type, SQL_VARCHAR);
+  return OK;
+}
+
+
 BEGIN_TESTS
   ADD_TEST(my_columns_null)
   ADD_TEST(my_drop_table)
@@ -1295,6 +1315,7 @@
   ADD_TEST(t_bug32989)
   ADD_TEST(t_bug33298)
   ADD_TEST(t_bug12805)
+  ADD_TEST(t_bug29402)
 END_TESTS