diff --git a/source/shared/core_stmt.cpp b/source/shared/core_stmt.cpp
index 30fe36bb..7c5fbe49 100644
--- a/source/shared/core_stmt.cpp
+++ b/source/shared/core_stmt.cpp
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ void core_sqlsrv_bind_param( _Inout_ sqlsrv_stmt* stmt, _In_ SQLUSMALLINT param_
                 // if it is boolean, set the lval to 0 or 1
                 convert_to_long( param_z );
                 buffer = &param_z->value;
-                buffer_len = sizeof( Z_LVAL_P( param_z ));
+                buffer_len = INT_MAX; //sizeof( Z_LVAL_P( param_z ));
                 ind_ptr = buffer_len;
                 if( direction != SQL_PARAM_INPUT ){
                     // save the parameter so that 1) the buffer doesn't go away, and 2) we can set it to NULL if returned
diff --git a/test/functional/sqlsrv/srv_699_out_param_integer.phpt b/test/functional/sqlsrv/srv_699_out_param_integer.phpt
index 4a6a5631..caf939b3 100644
--- a/test/functional/sqlsrv/srv_699_out_param_integer.phpt
+++ b/test/functional/sqlsrv/srv_699_out_param_integer.phpt
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ PHPT_EXEC=true
 <?php require('skipif.inc'); ?>
 --FILE--
 <?php
-
+/*
 if (strtoupper(substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3)) === 'LIN') {
     // This test fails in Linux (unixODBC issue) but not Windows or mac. 
     // See VSO 3459 for details.
     echo "Done\n";
     return;
 }
-
+*/
 require_once('MsCommon.inc');
 
 $connectionOptions = array("CharacterSet"=> "UTF-8", "ConnectionPooling"=>1);