diff --git a/packages/fcl-db/src/sqldb/sqlite/sqlite3conn.pp b/packages/fcl-db/src/sqldb/sqlite/sqlite3conn.pp
index d044a7b170..41c067b5c5 100644
--- a/packages/fcl-db/src/sqldb/sqlite/sqlite3conn.pp
+++ b/packages/fcl-db/src/sqldb/sqlite/sqlite3conn.pp
@@ -549,7 +549,9 @@ begin
         stInteger: FT:=ftLargeInt;
         stFloat:   FT:=ftFloat;
         stBlob:    FT:=ftBlob;
-        else       FT:=ftString;
+        stText:    FT:=ftMemo; 
+      else       
+        FT:=ftString;
       end;
     // handle some specials.
     size1:=0;