diff --git a/lib/Connection.cpp b/lib/Connection.cpp
index fcacef6..a5aeb84 100644
--- a/lib/Connection.cpp
+++ b/lib/Connection.cpp
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ Connection::Connection (UMConnectionCAPI *_capi)
   m_errno = -1;
   memcpy (&m_capi, _capi, sizeof (UMConnectionCAPI));
   m_dbgMethodProgress = 0;
+  m_dbgFailedRecv = 0;
   m_errorType = UME_OTHER;
 }
 
@@ -736,6 +737,18 @@ void *Connection::query(const char *_query, size_t _cbQuery)
     return NULL;
   }
 
+  if (m_dbgFailedRecv > 0)
+  {
+    if (!recvPacket())
+    {
+      m_dbgMethodProgress --;
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+    m_reader.skip(); // pop dirty packages sent succ but recv failed
+    m_dbgFailedRecv --;
+  }
+
   size_t len = _cbQuery;
 
   if (len > m_writer.getSize () - (MYSQL_PACKET_HEADER_SIZE + 1))
@@ -762,6 +775,7 @@ void *Connection::query(const char *_query, size_t _cbQuery)
   {
     PRINTMARK();
     m_dbgMethodProgress --;
+    m_dbgFailedRecv ++;
     return NULL;
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/Connection.h b/lib/Connection.h
index 2d410fe..7aec623 100644
--- a/lib/Connection.h
+++ b/lib/Connection.h
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ class Connection
   UMConnectionCAPI m_capi;
 
   int m_dbgMethodProgress;
+  int m_dbgFailedRecv;
 
 public:
 
@@ -145,4 +146,4 @@ class Connection
 protected:
 };
 
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif
diff --git a/python/umysql.c b/python/umysql.c
index 2564e97..c12d12e 100644
--- a/python/umysql.c
+++ b/python/umysql.c
@@ -1082,7 +1082,11 @@ PyObject *EscapeQueryArguments(Connection *self, PyObject *inQuery, PyObject *it
       if (PyUnicode_Check(arg))
         cbOutQuery += (PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(arg) * 6);
       else
-        cbOutQuery += 64;
+      {
+        int len = PyString_GET_SIZE(PyObject_Str(arg));
+        if (len < 64) len = 64;
+        cbOutQuery += len;
+      }
 
     Py_DECREF(arg);
   }
diff --git a/tests/tests.py b/tests/tests.py
index d969578..2f8dacb 100644
--- a/tests/tests.py
+++ b/tests/tests.py
@@ -827,6 +827,15 @@ def testUnsignedInt(self):
         self.assertEquals([values1, values2, values3, ], rs.rows)
         cnn.close()
 
+    def testLongStrReprObjParam(self):
+        cnn = umysql.Connection()
+        cnn.connect (DB_HOST, DB_PORT, DB_USER, DB_PASSWD, DB_DB)
+        obj = range(1000)
+        result = cnn.query("SELECT '%s'", (obj,))
+        self.assertEqual(result.rows[0][0], str(obj))
+        cnn.close()
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     from guppy import hpy
     hp = hpy()