MYSQL $this->db->field_data() Type is incorrect

[eluser]lookatthosemoose[/eluser]
I have a DB table called "listings" with a field declaration:

Code:

`Acres` text collate utf8_unicode_ci

I'm using:

Code:

$old_fields = $this->db->field_data('listings');
foreach($old_fields as $old_field){
    echo $old_field->type;
}

Result I get is "blob" not "text"


Any ideas?


--Eric--