--- misc.c.orig	2015-06-11 09:23:13.807020490 -0700
+++ misc.c	2015-06-11 09:32:10.077177669 -0700
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@
 	if (sqlca == NULL)
 	{
 		sqlca = malloc(sizeof(struct sqlca_t));
+		if (sqlca == NULL) {	/*  malloc() failed, now what should we do? */
+		    ecpg_log("Unable to allocate memory in ECPGget_sqlca()\n");
+		}
 		ecpg_init_sqlca(sqlca);
 		pthread_setspecific(sqlca_key, sqlca);
 	}