diff --git a/classes/xml/xmlquery/argument/Argument.class.php b/classes/xml/xmlquery/argument/Argument.class.php
index da325fe0a..fe8106bea 100644
--- a/classes/xml/xmlquery/argument/Argument.class.php
+++ b/classes/xml/xmlquery/argument/Argument.class.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 	class Argument {
 		var $value;
 		var $name;
+		var $type;
 		
 		var $isValid;
 		var $errorMessage;
@@ -18,6 +19,10 @@
 			return $this->value;
 		}
 		
+		function getType(){
+			return $this->type;
+		}
+		
 		function isValid(){
 			return $this->isValid;
 		}
@@ -34,6 +39,9 @@
 		function escapeValue($column_type){
 			if(!isset($this->value)) return;
 			if($column_type === '') return;
+			
+			$this->type = $column_type;
+			
 			//if($column_type === '') $column_type = 'varchar';
 			if(in_array($column_type, array('date', 'varchar', 'char','text', 'bigtext'))){
 				if(!is_array($this->value))