diff --git a/src/libmdb/data.c b/src/libmdb/data.c
index 0679a53..ea1e845 100644
--- a/src/libmdb/data.c
+++ b/src/libmdb/data.c
@@ -997,12 +997,6 @@ char *mdb_col_to_string(MdbHandle *mdb, void *buf, int start, int datatype, int
 	double td;
 
 	switch (datatype) {
-		case MDB_NUMERIC:
-		case MDB_BOOL:
-			/* shouldn't happen.  bools are handled specially
-			** by mdb_xfer_bound_bool() */
-			fprintf(stderr, "Warning: mdb_col_to_string called on an unsupported data type.\n");
-		break;
 		case MDB_BYTE:
 			text = g_strdup_printf("%d", mdb_get_byte(buf, start));
 		break;
@@ -1054,6 +1048,9 @@ char *mdb_col_to_string(MdbHandle *mdb, void *buf, int start, int datatype, int
 		  text = mdb_uuid_to_string(mdb->pg_buf, start);
 		break;
 		default:
+			/* shouldn't happen.  bools are handled specially
+			** by mdb_xfer_bound_bool() */
+			fprintf(stderr, "Warning: mdb_col_to_string called on an unsupported data type.\n");
 			text = g_strdup("");
 		break;
 	}