diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9804468fd..b0833c490 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ Enhancements
 
 Bug Fixes
  - alarms for tasks now depend on the start date and instead of the due date
+ - increased the content column size in database tables to permit syncs of
+   cards with big photos in them
 
 1.3-20111212 (1.3.11)
 ---------------------
diff --git a/OGoContentStore/appointment.ocs b/OGoContentStore/appointment.ocs
index 11384e48d..ee400953d 100644
--- a/OGoContentStore/appointment.ocs
+++ b/OGoContentStore/appointment.ocs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     },
     {
       columnName = c_content;
-      sqlType    = "VARCHAR(100000)";
+      sqlType    = "TEXT";
       allowsNull = NO;
       isPrimaryKey = NO;
     },
diff --git a/OGoContentStore/contact.ocs b/OGoContentStore/contact.ocs
index bac6f6147..c2f17528c 100644
--- a/OGoContentStore/contact.ocs
+++ b/OGoContentStore/contact.ocs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     },
     {
       columnName = c_content;
-      sqlType    = "VARCHAR(100000)";
+      sqlType    = "TEXT";
       allowsNull = NO;
       isPrimaryKey = NO;
     },
diff --git a/SOPE/GDLContentStore/GCSSpecialQueries.m b/SOPE/GDLContentStore/GCSSpecialQueries.m
index 9bb476547..13e2634e9 100644
--- a/SOPE/GDLContentStore/GCSSpecialQueries.m
+++ b/SOPE/GDLContentStore/GCSSpecialQueries.m
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
   static NSString *sqlFolderFormat
     = (@"CREATE TABLE %@ (\n"
        @"  c_name VARCHAR (255) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,\n"
-       @"  c_content VARCHAR (100000) NOT NULL,\n"
+       @"  c_content TEXT NOT NULL,\n"
        @"  c_creationdate INT4 NOT NULL,\n"
        @"  c_lastmodified INT4 NOT NULL,\n"
        @"  c_version INT4 NOT NULL,\n"
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
   static NSString *sqlFolderFormat
     = (@"CREATE TABLE %@ (\n"
        @"  c_name VARCHAR (255) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,\n"
-       @"  c_content VARCHAR (100000) NOT NULL,\n"
+       @"  c_content TEXT NOT NULL,\n"
        @"  c_creationdate INT NOT NULL,\n"
        @"  c_lastmodified INT NOT NULL,\n"
        @"  c_version INT NOT NULL,\n"