diff --git a/e107_core/sql/core_sql.php b/e107_core/sql/core_sql.php
index dd1b8cddc..84dff041c 100644
--- a/e107_core/sql/core_sql.php
+++ b/e107_core/sql/core_sql.php
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ CREATE TABLE news (
   news_title varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
   news_sef varchar(200) NOT NULL default '',
   news_body longtext NOT NULL,
-  news_extended text NOT NULL,
+  news_extended longtext NOT NULL,
   news_meta_keywords  varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
   news_meta_description text NOT NULL,
   news_datestamp int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
diff --git a/e107_handlers/form_handler.php b/e107_handlers/form_handler.php
index aae46ff7e..f5104504d 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/form_handler.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/form_handler.php
@@ -4762,7 +4762,7 @@ class e_form
 				$key = $att['field'];
 			}
 			
-			if($key == 'checkboxes' || $key == 'options' || ($att['type'] === null))
+			if($key == 'checkboxes' || $key == 'options' || ($att['type'] === null) || ($att['type'] === false))
 			{
 				continue;	
 			}