diff --git a/storage/connect/ha_connect.cc b/storage/connect/ha_connect.cc
index 2e4e86ab6c9..e28ac90a9ce 100644
--- a/storage/connect/ha_connect.cc
+++ b/storage/connect/ha_connect.cc
@@ -4036,7 +4036,7 @@ int ha_connect::create(const char *name, TABLE *table_arg,
       DBUG_RETURN(rc);
       } // endif flags
 
-    if (fp->flags & (BLOB_FLAG | BINARY_FLAG | ENUM_FLAG | SET_FLAG)) {
+    if (fp->flags & (BLOB_FLAG | ENUM_FLAG | SET_FLAG)) {
       sprintf(g->Message, "Unsupported type for column %s",
                           fp->field_name);
       my_message(ER_UNKNOWN_ERROR, g->Message, MYF(0));
diff --git a/storage/connect/mysql-test/connect/r/dbf.result b/storage/connect/mysql-test/connect/r/dbf.result
index 2e84c5b3090..cbe4f4db620 100644
--- a/storage/connect/mysql-test/connect/r/dbf.result
+++ b/storage/connect/mysql-test/connect/r/dbf.result
@@ -394,22 +394,22 @@ CREATE TABLE t1
 (
 a BLOB
 ) ENGINE=CONNECT TABLE_TYPE=DBF FILE_NAME='t1.dbf';
-ERROR HY000: Unsupported type for column 'a'
+ERROR HY000: Unsupported type for column a
 CREATE TABLE t1
 (
 a TINYBLOB
 ) ENGINE=CONNECT TABLE_TYPE=DBF FILE_NAME='t1.dbf';
-ERROR HY000: Unsupported type for column 'a'
+ERROR HY000: Unsupported type for column a
 CREATE TABLE t1
 (
 a MEDIUMBLOB
 ) ENGINE=CONNECT TABLE_TYPE=DBF FILE_NAME='t1.dbf';
-ERROR HY000: Unsupported type for column 'a'
+ERROR HY000: Unsupported type for column a
 CREATE TABLE t1
 (
 a LONGBLOB
 ) ENGINE=CONNECT TABLE_TYPE=DBF FILE_NAME='t1.dbf';
-ERROR HY000: Unsupported type for column 'a'
+ERROR HY000: Unsupported type for column a
 #
 # Testing DATE
 #
diff --git a/storage/connect/tabmul.cpp b/storage/connect/tabmul.cpp
index 0561638daa8..146e2891ec7 100755
--- a/storage/connect/tabmul.cpp
+++ b/storage/connect/tabmul.cpp
@@ -125,14 +125,15 @@ PTDB TDBMUL::Duplicate(PGLOBAL g)
 bool TDBMUL::InitFileNames(PGLOBAL g)
   {
 #define PFNZ  4096
+#define FNSZ  _MAX_DRIVE+_MAX_DIR+_MAX_FNAME+_MAX_EXT
   char *pfn[PFNZ];
   char *filename;
   int   rc, n = 0;
 
   if (trace)
-    htrc("in InitFileName: fn[]=%d\n", _MAX_DRIVE+_MAX_DIR+_MAX_FNAME+_MAX_EXT);
+    htrc("in InitFileName: fn[]=%d\n", FNSZ);
 
-  filename = (char*)PlugSubAlloc(g, NULL, _MAX_DRIVE+_MAX_DIR+_MAX_FNAME+_MAX_EXT);
+  filename = (char*)PlugSubAlloc(g, NULL, FNSZ);
 
   // The sub table may need to refer to the Table original block
   Tdbp->SetTable(To_Table);         // Was not set at construction
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@ bool TDBMUL::InitFileNames(PGLOBAL g)
       return true;
 
     while (n < PFNZ) {
-      if (!fgets(filename, sizeof(filename), stream)) {
+      if (!fgets(filename, FNSZ, stream)) {
         fclose(stream);
         break;
         } // endif fgets