diff --git a/modules/miscutil/bin/dbexec.in b/modules/miscutil/bin/dbexec.in
index 83dcd33be..67712e311 100644
--- a/modules/miscutil/bin/dbexec.in
+++ b/modules/miscutil/bin/dbexec.in
@@ -1,56 +1,56 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 ## -*- mode: script; coding: utf-8; -*-
 ##
 ## This file is part of Invenio.
-## Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 CERN.
+## Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012 CERN.
 ##
 ## Invenio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 ## modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
 ## published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
 ## License, or (at your option) any later version.
 ##
 ## Invenio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 ## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 ## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 ## General Public License for more details.
 ##
 ## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 ## along with Invenio; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 ## 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 
 VERSION='$Id$'
 MYSQL='@MYSQL@'
 
 ## DB config variables.  These variables are to be set in invenio.conf
 ## by admins and then replaced in situ in this file by calling
 ## "inveniocfg --update-dbexec".
 CFG_DATABASE_HOST='localhost'
 CFG_DATABASE_PORT='3306'
 CFG_DATABASE_NAME='invenio'
 CFG_DATABASE_USER='invenio'
 CFG_DATABASE_PASS='my123p$ss'
 
 ## is help called?
 if [ "$1" = "-h" ] || [ "$1" = "--help" ]; then
     echo "Usage: $0"
     echo "General options:"
     echo " -h, --help            Print this help."
     echo " -V, --version         Print version information."
     echo " -i, --interactive     Bring inteactive SQL REPL. (default=batch-execute)"
     exit 0
 fi
 
 ## is version called?
 if [ "$1" = "-V" ] || [ "$1" = "--version" ]; then
     echo $VERSION
     exit 0
 fi
 
 ## interactive mode asked for?
 if [ "$1" = "-i" ] || [ "$1" = "--interactive" ]; then
-    $MYSQL --default-character-set="utf8" --host="$CFG_DATABASE_HOST" --port="$CFG_DATABASE_PORT" --user="$CFG_DATABASE_USER" --password="$CFG_DATABASE_PASS" $CFG_DATABASE_NAME
+    $MYSQL --default-character-set="utf8" --max_allowed_packet=1G --host="$CFG_DATABASE_HOST" --port="$CFG_DATABASE_PORT" --user="$CFG_DATABASE_USER" --password="$CFG_DATABASE_PASS" $CFG_DATABASE_NAME
 else
-    $MYSQL -B --default-character-set="utf8" --host="$CFG_DATABASE_HOST" --port="$CFG_DATABASE_PORT" --user="$CFG_DATABASE_USER" --password="$CFG_DATABASE_PASS" $CFG_DATABASE_NAME
+    $MYSQL -B --default-character-set="utf8" --max_allowed_packet=1G --host="$CFG_DATABASE_HOST" --port="$CFG_DATABASE_PORT" --user="$CFG_DATABASE_USER" --password="$CFG_DATABASE_PASS" $CFG_DATABASE_NAME
 fi
 
 ## end of file