diff --git a/libraries/tbl_columns_definition_form.inc.php b/libraries/tbl_columns_definition_form.inc.php
index 47e2d9a437..463081ce32 100644
--- a/libraries/tbl_columns_definition_form.inc.php
+++ b/libraries/tbl_columns_definition_form.inc.php
@@ -90,19 +90,8 @@ for ($i = 0; $i < $num_fields; $i++) {
             isset($submit_fulltext) ? $submit_fulltext : null
         );
         
-        $submit_length
-            = (isset($_REQUEST['field_length'][$i])
-            ? $_REQUEST['field_length'][$i]
-            : false);
-        $submit_attribute
-            = (isset($_REQUEST['field_attribute'][$i])
-            ? $_REQUEST['field_attribute'][$i]
-            : false);
-
-        $submit_default_current_timestamp
-            = (isset($_REQUEST['field_default_current_timestamp'][$i])
-            ? true
-            : false);
+        list($submit_length, $submit_attribute, $submit_default_current_timestamp)
+            = PMA_getSubmitPropertiesForRegeneration();
 
         if (isset($_REQUEST['field_comments'][$i])) {
             $comments_map[$row['Field']] = $_REQUEST['field_comments'][$i];
diff --git a/libraries/tbl_columns_definition_form.lib.php b/libraries/tbl_columns_definition_form.lib.php
index a5ec4be782..92d80d2dc7 100644
--- a/libraries/tbl_columns_definition_form.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/tbl_columns_definition_form.lib.php
@@ -456,4 +456,30 @@ function PMA_getRowDataForRegeneration($submit_fulltext)
     
     return $row;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Function to get submit properties for regenerating previous when error occured.
+ * 
+ * @return array
+ */
+function PMA_getSubmitPropertiesForRegeneration()
+{
+    $submit_length
+        = (isset($_REQUEST['field_length'][$i])
+        ? $_REQUEST['field_length'][$i]
+        : false);
+    $submit_attribute
+        = (isset($_REQUEST['field_attribute'][$i])
+        ? $_REQUEST['field_attribute'][$i]
+        : false);
+
+    $submit_default_current_timestamp
+        = (isset($_REQUEST['field_default_current_timestamp'][$i])
+        ? true
+        : false);
+    
+    return array(
+        $submit_length, $submit_attribute, $submit_default_current_timestamp
+    );
+}
 ?>