--- tbl_alter.php3.orig	Fri Aug 10 18:44:28 2001
+++ tbl_alter.php3	Fri Aug 10 18:48:28 2001
@@ -28,9 +28,27 @@
         $query = '';
     }
     $query .= ' ' . backquote($field_orig[0]) . ' ' . backquote($field_name[0]) . ' ' . $field_type[0] . ' ';
-    if ($field_length[0] != '') {
-        $query .= '(' . $field_length[0] . ') ';
-    }
+    // Some field types shouldn't have lengths
+    switch (strtoupper($field_type[0]))
+    {
+        case 'DATE':
+        case 'DATETIME':
+        case 'TIME':
+        case 'TINYBLOB':
+        case 'TINYTEXT':
+        case 'BLOB':
+        case 'TEXT':
+        case 'MEDIUMBLOB':
+        case 'MEDIUMTEXT':
+        case 'LONGBLOB':
+        case 'LONGTEXT':
+            break;
+
+        default:
+            if ($field_length[0] != '') {
+                $query .= '(' . $field_length[0] . ') ';
+            };
+    };
     if ($field_attribute[0] != '') {
         $query .= $field_attribute[0] . ' ';
     }
--- tbl_properties.inc.php3.orig	Fri Aug 10 22:17:02 2001
+++ tbl_properties.inc.php3	Fri Aug 10 22:22:31 2001
@@ -99,7 +99,32 @@
             </select>
         </td>
         <td>
-            <input type="text" name="field_length[]" size="8" value="<?php echo $length; ?>" />
+<?php
+// Some field types shouldn't have lengths
+    switch (strtoupper($type))
+    {
+        case 'DATE':
+        case 'DATETIME':
+        case 'TIME':
+        case 'TINYBLOB':
+        case 'TINYTEXT':
+        case 'BLOB':
+        case 'TEXT':
+        case 'MEDIUMBLOB':
+        case 'MEDIUMTEXT':
+        case 'LONGBLOB':
+        case 'LONGTEXT':
+            $fieldlengthtype="hidden";
+            $fieldlengthalt="<center>N/A</center>";
+            break;
+
+        default:
+            $fieldlengthtype="text";
+            $fieldlengthalt="";
+    };
+?>
+            <input type="<?php echo $fieldlengthtype; ?>" name="field_length[]" size="8" value="<?php echo $length; ?>" />
+            <?php echo $fieldlengthalt; ?>
         </td>
         <td>
             <select name="field_attribute[]">