# HG changeset patch
# Parent 6c7338e7c9f649955b98154769b0ff76bf593d80

diff --git a/third_party/libdrizzle/libdrizzle/column.c b/third_party/libdrizzle/libdrizzle/column.c
--- a/third_party/libdrizzle/libdrizzle/column.c
+++ b/third_party/libdrizzle/libdrizzle/column.c
@@ -337,12 +337,18 @@
       return NULL;
     }
 
-    memset(column, 0, sizeof(drizzle_column_st));
-    column->options|= DRIZZLE_COLUMN_ALLOCATED;
+    /* This structure is HUGE (~6636 bytes): memset is too expensive */
+    /*memset(column, 0, sizeof(drizzle_column_st));*/
+    column->options= DRIZZLE_COLUMN_ALLOCATED;
   }
   else
-    memset(column, 0, sizeof(drizzle_column_st));
+  {
+    /* This structure is HUGE (~6636 bytes): memset is too expensive */
+    /*memset(column, 0, sizeof(drizzle_column_st));*/
+    column->options= 0;
+  }
 
+  column->prev= NULL;
   column->result= result;
 
   if (result->column_list)