diff --git a/source/fieldeditor.pas b/source/fieldeditor.pas
index c9cda8e5..fd51f6bb 100644
--- a/source/fieldeditor.pas
+++ b/source/fieldeditor.pas
@@ -192,9 +192,7 @@ begin
       EditComment.Text := NodeData.Captions[5];
 
       // extract field type
-      strtype := UpperCase( NodeData.Captions[1] );
-      if Pos ('(',strtype) > 0 then
-        strtype := Trim(copy (strtype,0,Pos ('(',strtype)-1));
+      strtype := UpperCase( getFirstWord( NodeData.Captions[1] ) );
 
       // field field type structure
       for i := Low(MySqlDataTypeArray) to High(MySqlDataTypeArray) do
diff --git a/source/helpers.pas b/source/helpers.pas
index 8364adbc..16a4bdcc 100644
--- a/source/helpers.pas
+++ b/source/helpers.pas
@@ -288,9 +288,14 @@ var
   p1,p2        : Integer;
 begin
   p1 := pos('(', str);
-  if p1 = 0 then p2 := Length(str) + 1
-  else for p2:=strlen(pchar(str)) downto 0 do if str[p2] = ')' then break;
-  result := copy (str, p1+1, p2-p1-1);
+  Result := '';
+  // Only return something if opening bracket was found, otherwise empty string
+  if p1 > 0 then
+  begin
+    for p2:=strlen(pchar(str)) downto 0 do
+      if str[p2] = ')' then break;
+    result := copy (str, p1+1, p2-p1-1);
+  end;
 end;