diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.schema_proc_mysql.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.schema_proc_mysql.inc.php
index 7bef6ebec3..df61aa5aa2 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.schema_proc_mysql.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.schema_proc_mysql.inc.php
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
 
 				/* The rest of this is used only for SQL->array */
 				$colinfo = explode('(',$oProc->m_odb->f(1));
-				$prec = ereg_replace(')','',$colinfo[1]);
+				$prec = ereg_replace(').*','',$colinfo[1]);
 				$scales = explode(',',$prec);
 
 				if($colinfo[0] == 'enum')