diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3b5f9982d..532243143 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ phpMyAdmin - Changelog
 $Id$
 $Source$
 
+2006-03-26 Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
+    * sql.php: bug #1448890 Column expander doesn't work
+
 2006-03-25 Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
     * db_operations.php, libraries/Table.class.php, 
       libraries/display_export.lib.php libraries/export/sql.php:
diff --git a/sql.php b/sql.php
index 435293025..74d375491 100644
--- a/sql.php
+++ b/sql.php
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ require_once './libraries/tbl_indexes.lib.php';
 require_once './libraries/check_user_privileges.lib.php';
 require_once './libraries/bookmark.lib.php';
 
+/**
+ * Could be coming from a subform ("T" column expander) 
+ */
+if (isset($_REQUEST['dontlimitchars'])) {
+    $dontlimitchars = $_REQUEST['dontlimitchars'];
+}
+
 /**
  * Defines the url to return to in case of error in a sql statement
  */