diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 66dc897365..81f5b8a824 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+2003-09-14  Derek Atkins  <derek@ihtfp.com>
+
+	* src/backend/postgres/test/run-tests.sh: small fix from
+	  hawkfan to get tests to work when building outside srcdir.
+	* src/backend/postgres/putil.c: fix a bug introduced by Matthew --
+	  ANSI C does not allow you to declare a variable in the middle
+	  of an expression.  Move the declaration to the top of the function.
+	* src/backend/postgres/functions.sql:
+	* src/backend/postgres/table-audit.sql:
+	  We don't need the trailing semi-colon because the #include adds
+	  one.  The double semi-colon causes build failures in some cases.
+
 2003-09-13  Derek Atkins  <derek@ihtfp.com>
 
 	* src/import-export/ofx/gnc-ofx-import.c:  use <libofx/libofx.h>
diff --git a/src/backend/postgres/functions.sql b/src/backend/postgres/functions.sql
index f93f7b3d4a..5da654217f 100644
--- a/src/backend/postgres/functions.sql
+++ b/src/backend/postgres/functions.sql
@@ -66,4 +66,4 @@
 "       gncTransaction.currency = gncCommodity.commodity' \n"
 "    LANGUAGE 'sql'; \n"
 "        \n"
-"-- end of file";
+"-- end of file"
diff --git a/src/backend/postgres/putil.c b/src/backend/postgres/putil.c
index ace1ac3377..6f88406c1a 100644
--- a/src/backend/postgres/putil.c
+++ b/src/backend/postgres/putil.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ static short module = MOD_BACKEND;
 ExecStatusType execQuery(PGBackend *be, const char * q) {
 	PGresult * result;
 	ExecStatusType status;
+	gchar * msg;
 
     ENTER(" ");
     
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ ExecStatusType execQuery(PGBackend *be, const char * q) {
 	}
 
 	status = PQresultStatus(result);
-    gchar * msg = (gchar *)PQresultErrorMessage(result);
+	msg = (gchar *)PQresultErrorMessage(result);
 	PINFO("Result status: %s/%s",
 		PQresStatus(status), (strlen(msg)) > 0 ? msg : "(No Message)");
 	PINFO("Number of rows affected: %d", atoi(PQcmdTuples(result)));
diff --git a/src/backend/postgres/table-audit.sql b/src/backend/postgres/table-audit.sql
index 8b14e02fc0..4b54e3e926 100644
--- a/src/backend/postgres/table-audit.sql
+++ b/src/backend/postgres/table-audit.sql
@@ -165,4 +165,4 @@
 "CREATE INDEX gncSplitTrail_split_idx ON gncSplitTrail (splitGuid); \n"
 "CREATE INDEX gncPriceTrail_price_idx ON gncPriceTrail (priceGuid); \n"
 "CREATE INDEX gncTransactionTrail_trans_idx ON gncTransactionTrail (transGuid); \n"
-"-- end of file";
+"-- end of file"
diff --git a/src/backend/postgres/test/run-tests.sh b/src/backend/postgres/test/run-tests.sh
index ce7b8afde2..b1fdb84a44 100755
--- a/src/backend/postgres/test/run-tests.sh
+++ b/src/backend/postgres/test/run-tests.sh
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ EXIT_VALUE=0
 # gdb .libs/test-db 
 
 rm -f test_file_*
-if ./db-control.sh create; then
-    ./db-control.sh start
+if ${srcdir}/db-control.sh create; then
+    ${srcdir}/db-control.sh start
     ./test-db localhost 7777 || EXIT_VALUE=1
-    ./db-control.sh stop
-    ./db-control.sh destroy
+    ${srcdir}/db-control.sh stop
+    ${srcdir}/db-control.sh destroy
 elif [ "${PGHOST}X" != "X" ]; then
 # This expects the logged in user to have authority
 # to create databases.