diff --git a/adminer/include/adminer.inc.php b/adminer/include/adminer.inc.php
index c53cb2b5..f53d65da 100644
--- a/adminer/include/adminer.inc.php
+++ b/adminer/include/adminer.inc.php
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ document.getElementById('username').focus();
 	* @return string
 	*/
 	function selectVal($val, $link, $field) {
-		$return = ($val != "<i>NULL</i>" && ereg("^char|binary", $field["type"]) ? "<code>$val</code>" : $val);
+		$return = ($val != "<i>NULL</i>" && ereg("char|binary", $field["type"]) && !ereg("var", $field["type"]) ? "<code>$val</code>" : $val);
 		if (ereg('blob|bytea|raw|file', $field["type"]) && !is_utf8($val)) {
 			$return = lang('%d byte(s)', strlen(html_entity_decode($val, ENT_QUOTES)));
 		}