diff --git a/adminer/include/functions.inc.php b/adminer/include/functions.inc.php
index 39dd099c..f1daceb7 100644
--- a/adminer/include/functions.inc.php
+++ b/adminer/include/functions.inc.php
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ function select($result, $dbh2 = null) {
 				} else {
 					if ($blobs[$key] && !is_utf8($val)) {
 						$val = "<i>" . lang('%d byte(s)', strlen($val)) . "</i>"; //! link to download
-					} elseif (!strlen(trim($val))) {
+					} elseif (!strlen(trim($val, " \t"))) {
 						$val = "&nbsp;"; // some content to print a border
 					} else {
 						$val = nl2br(htmlspecialchars($val));
diff --git a/adminer/select.inc.php b/adminer/select.inc.php
index dff0f66b..69fb8af7 100644
--- a/adminer/select.inc.php
+++ b/adminer/select.inc.php
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ if (!$columns) {
 					} elseif (preg_match('~blob|binary~', $fields[$key]["type"]) && !is_utf8($val)) {
 						$val = '<a href="' . htmlspecialchars($SELF) . 'download=' . urlencode($_GET["select"]) . '&amp;field=' . urlencode($key) . '&amp;' . $unique_idf . '">' . lang('%d byte(s)', strlen($val)) . '</a>';
 					} else {
-						if (!strlen(trim($val))) {
+						if (!strlen(trim($val, " \t"))) {
 							$val = "&nbsp;";
 						} elseif (intval($text_length) > 0 && preg_match('~blob|text~', $fields[$key]["type"])) {
 							$val = nl2br(shorten_utf8($val, intval($text_length)));