diff --git a/js/tbl_change.js b/js/tbl_change.js
index 4a4e444ff..52d84329f 100644
--- a/js/tbl_change.js
+++ b/js/tbl_change.js
@@ -222,8 +222,6 @@ function Validator(urlField, multi_edit,theType){
             }
         }
     }
-
-    dt.className="";
  }
  /* End of datetime validation*/
 
@@ -260,6 +258,20 @@ function unNullify(urlField, multi_edit)
  */
 $(document).ready(function() {
 
+    /**
+     * Handles all current checkboxes for Null 
+     * 
+     */
+    $('.checkbox_null').bind('click', function(e) {
+            nullify(
+                // use hidden fields populated by tbl_change.php
+                $(this).siblings('.nullify_code').val(),
+                $(this).closest('tr').find('input:hidden').first().val(), 
+                $(this).siblings('.hashed_field').val(),
+                $(this).siblings('.multi_edit').val()
+            );
+    });
+
     /**
      * Submission of data to be inserted into table
      * 
@@ -302,7 +314,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
     }) // end submission of data to be inserted into table
 
     /**
-     * Restart Insertion form
+     * Continue Insertion form
      */
     $("#insert_rows").live('change', function(event) {
         event.preventDefault();
@@ -352,8 +364,33 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
                     /** generate the new name i.e. funcs[multi_edit][11][foobarbaz] */
                     var new_name = name_parts[0] + '[' + new_row_index + ']' + name_parts[1];
 
+                    var hashed_field = name_parts[1].match(/\[(.+)\]/)[1];
                     $(this).attr('name', new_name);
-                    $(this).attr('value', '');
+
+                    $(this).filter('.textfield')
+                        .attr('value', '')
+                        .unbind('change')
+                        .attr('onchange', null)
+                        .bind('change', function(e) {
+                            Validator(
+                                hashed_field, 
+                                new_row_index, 
+                                $(this).closest('tr').find('span.column_type').html()
+                                );
+                        })
+                        .end();
+
+                    $(this).filter('.checkbox_null')
+                        .bind('click', function(e) {
+                                nullify(
+                                    $(this).siblings('.nullify_code').val(),
+                                    $(this).closest('tr').find('input:hidden').first().val(), 
+                                    hashed_field, 
+                                    '[multi_edit][' + new_row_index + ']'
+                                    );
+                        }) 
+                        .end();
+
                 });
 
                 //Insert/Clone the ignore checkboxes
@@ -378,7 +415,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 
                     $(last_checkbox)
                     .clone()
-                    .attr({'id':new_name, 'name': new_name})
+                    .attr({'id':new_name, 'name': new_name, 'checked': true})
                     .add('label[for^=insert_ignore]:last')
                     .clone()
                     .attr('for', new_name)
diff --git a/tbl_change.php b/tbl_change.php
index 6d2e95708..3e4d8149d 100644
--- a/tbl_change.php
+++ b/tbl_change.php
@@ -431,8 +431,8 @@ foreach ($rows as $row_id => $vrow) {
                 <input type="hidden" name="fields_name<?php echo $field_name_appendix; ?>" value="<?php echo $field['Field_html']; ?>"/>
             </td>
 <?php if ($cfg['ShowFieldTypesInDataEditView']) { ?>
-             <td align="center"<?php echo $field['wrap']; ?>>
-                 <?php echo $field['pma_type']; ?>
+             <td align="center"<?php echo $field['wrap']; ?>><span class="column_type">
+                 <?php echo $field['pma_type']; ?></span>
              </td>
 
          <?php } //End if
@@ -614,32 +614,35 @@ foreach ($rows as $row_id => $vrow) {
             }
             echo ' />' . "\n";
 
-            echo '            <input type="checkbox" tabindex="' . ($tabindex + $tabindex_for_null) . '"'
+            echo '            <input type="checkbox" class="checkbox_null" tabindex="' . ($tabindex + $tabindex_for_null) . '"'
                  . ' name="fields_null' . $field_name_appendix . '"';
             if ($real_null_value && !$field['first_timestamp']) {
                 echo ' checked="checked"';
             }
-            echo ' id="field_' . ($idindex) . '_2"';
-            $onclick         = ' onclick="if (this.checked) {nullify(';
+            echo ' id="field_' . ($idindex) . '_2" />';
+            
+            // nullify_code is needed by the js nullify() function
             if (strstr($field['True_Type'], 'enum')) {
                 if (strlen($field['Type']) > 20) {
-                    $onclick .= '1, ';
+                    $nullify_code = '1';
                 } else {
-                    $onclick .= '2, ';
+                    $nullify_code = '2';
                 }
             } elseif (strstr($field['True_Type'], 'set')) {
-                $onclick     .= '3, ';
+                $nullify_code = '3';
             } elseif ($foreigners && isset($foreigners[$field['Field']]) && $foreignData['foreign_link'] == false) {
                 // foreign key in a drop-down
-                $onclick     .= '4, ';
+                $nullify_code = '4';
             } elseif ($foreigners && isset($foreigners[$field['Field']]) && $foreignData['foreign_link'] == true) {
                 // foreign key with a browsing icon
-                $onclick     .= '6, ';
+                $nullify_code = '6';
             } else {
-                $onclick     .= '5, ';
+                $nullify_code = '5';
             }
-            $onclick         .= '\'' . PMA_escapeJsString($field['Field_html']) . '\', \'' . $field['Field_md5'] . '\', \'' . PMA_escapeJsString($vkey) . '\'); this.checked = true}; return true" />' . "\n";
-            echo $onclick;
+            // to be able to generate calls to nullify() in jQuery 
+            echo '<input type="hidden" class="nullify_code" name="nullify_code' . $field_name_appendix . '" value="' . $nullify_code . '" />';
+            echo '<input type="hidden" class="hashed_field" name="hashed_field' . $field_name_appendix . '" value="' .  $field['Field_md5'] . '" />';
+            echo '<input type="hidden" class="multi_edit" name="multi_edit' . $field_name_appendix . '" value="' . PMA_escapeJsString($vkey) . '" />';
         }
         echo '        </td>' . "\n";