diff --git a/adminer/include/functions.inc.php b/adminer/include/functions.inc.php
index e672209a..b164f8a1 100644
--- a/adminer/include/functions.inc.php
+++ b/adminer/include/functions.inc.php
@@ -902,6 +902,14 @@ function is_url($string) {
 	return (preg_match("~^(https?)://($domain?\\.)+$domain(:\\d+)?(/.*)?(\\?.*)?(#.*)?\$~i", $string, $match) ? strtolower($match[1]) : ""); //! restrict path, query and fragment characters
 }
 
+/** Check if field should be shortened
+* @param array
+* @return bool
+*/
+function is_shortable($field) {
+	return ereg('char|text|lob|geometry|point|linestring|polygon', $field["type"]);
+}
+
 /** Run query which can be killed by AJAX call after timing out
 * @param string
 * @return Min_Result
diff --git a/adminer/select.inc.php b/adminer/select.inc.php
index 28ed2d01..0bc81953 100644
--- a/adminer/select.inc.php
+++ b/adminer/select.inc.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ foreach ($fields as $key => $field) {
 	$name = $adminer->fieldName($field);
 	if (isset($field["privileges"]["select"]) && $name != "") {
 		$columns[$key] = html_entity_decode(strip_tags($name));
-		if (ereg('text|lob|geometry|point|linestring|polygon', $field["type"])) {
+		if (is_shortable($field)) {
 			$text_length = $adminer->selectLengthProcess();
 		}
 	}
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ if (!$columns) {
 							if ($val === "") { // === - may be int
 								$val = " ";
 							} elseif (is_utf8($val)) {
-								if ($text_length != "" && ereg('text|lob|geometry|point|linestring|polygon', $field["type"])) {
+								if ($text_length != "" && is_shortable($field)) {
 									$val = shorten_utf8($val, max(0, +$text_length)); // usage of LEFT() would reduce traffic but complicate query - expected average speedup: .001 s VS .01 s on local network
 								} else {
 									$val = h($val);
diff --git a/changes.txt b/changes.txt
index 221fd558..ddadb196 100644
--- a/changes.txt
+++ b/changes.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 Adminer 3.6.2-dev:
+Shorten varchar fields
 Fix switching language on first load
 
 Adminer 3.6.1 (released 2012-09-17):