diff --git a/core/model/fieldtypes/HTMLText.php b/core/model/fieldtypes/HTMLText.php
index 47fea31c441..3f4ee9e50ee 100755
--- a/core/model/fieldtypes/HTMLText.php
+++ b/core/model/fieldtypes/HTMLText.php
@@ -28,6 +28,25 @@ function LimitCharacters($limit = 20, $add = "...") {
 		return (strlen($value) > $limit) ? substr($value, 0, $limit) . $add : $value;
 	}
 
+	static $casting = array(
+		"AbsoluteLinks" => "HTMLText",
+		"BigSummary" => "HTMLText",
+		"ContextSummary" => "HTMLText",
+		"FirstParagraph" => "HTMLText",
+		"FirstSentence" => "HTMLText",
+		"LimitCharacters" => "HTMLText",
+		"LimitSentences" => "HTMLText",
+		"Lower" => "HTMLText",
+		"LowerCase" => "HTMLText",
+		"Summary" => "HTMLText",
+		"Upper" => "HTMLText",
+		"UpperCase" => "HTMLText",
+		'EscapeXML' => 'HTMLText',
+		'LimitWordCount' => 'HTMLText',
+		'LimitWordCountXML' => 'HTMLText',
+		'NoHTML' => 'Text',
+	);
+
 	/**
 	 * Create a summary of the content. This will be some section of the first paragraph, limited by
 	 * $maxWords. All internal tags are stripped out - the return value is a string
@@ -133,4 +152,4 @@ public function scaffoldSearchField($title = null) {
 
 }
 
-?>
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+?>
diff --git a/core/model/fieldtypes/StringField.php b/core/model/fieldtypes/StringField.php
index 50c6ffd071c..51429b126aa 100644
--- a/core/model/fieldtypes/StringField.php
+++ b/core/model/fieldtypes/StringField.php
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
 abstract class StringField extends DBField {
 	protected $nullifyEmpty = true;
 
+	static $casting = array(
+		"LimitCharacters" => "Text",
+		"Lower" => "Text",
+		"Upper" => "Text",
+	);
+
 	/**
 	 * Construct a string type field with a set of optional parameters
 	 * @param $name string The name of the field
diff --git a/core/model/fieldtypes/Text.php b/core/model/fieldtypes/Text.php
index 7ace59ae571..df231a47b21 100644
--- a/core/model/fieldtypes/Text.php
+++ b/core/model/fieldtypes/Text.php
@@ -17,8 +17,20 @@
  * @subpackage model
  */
 class Text extends StringField {
+
 	static $casting = array(
-		"AbsoluteLinks" => "HTMLText",
+		"AbsoluteLinks" => "Text",
+		"BigSummary" => "Text",
+		"ContextSummary" => "Text",
+		"FirstParagraph" => "Text",
+		"FirstSentence" => "Text",
+		"LimitCharacters" => "Text",
+		"LimitSentences" => "Text",
+		"Summary" => "Text",
+		'EscapeXML' => 'Text',
+		'LimitWordCount' => 'Text',
+		'LimitWordCountXML' => 'HTMLText',
+		'NoHTML' => 'Text',
 	);
 	
  	/**
diff --git a/core/model/fieldtypes/Varchar.php b/core/model/fieldtypes/Varchar.php
index 1d308638c4a..707926c8c1b 100644
--- a/core/model/fieldtypes/Varchar.php
+++ b/core/model/fieldtypes/Varchar.php
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
  * @subpackage model
  */
 class Varchar extends StringField {
+
+	static $casting = array(
+		"Initial" => "Text",
+		"URL" => "Text",
+	);
 	
 	protected $size;
 	 
diff --git a/tests/fieldtypes/HTMLTextTest.php b/tests/fieldtypes/HTMLTextTest.php
index 9303ba6bb5b..6a3ba05920e 100644
--- a/tests/fieldtypes/HTMLTextTest.php
+++ b/tests/fieldtypes/HTMLTextTest.php
@@ -102,5 +102,33 @@ function testFirstSentence() {
 			$this->assertEquals($match, $textObj->FirstSentence());
 		}
 	}	
+
+	public function testRAW() {
+		$data = DBField::create('HTMLText', 'This & This');
+		$this->assertEquals($data->RAW(), 'This & This');
+
+		$data = DBField::create('HTMLText', 'This & This');
+		$this->assertEquals($data->RAW(), 'This & This');
+	}
+	
+	public function testXML() {
+		$data = DBField::create('HTMLText', 'This & This');
+		$this->assertEquals($data->XML(), 'This & This');
+	}
+
+	public function testHTML() {
+		$data = DBField::create('HTMLText', 'This & This');
+		$this->assertEquals($data->HTML(), 'This & This');
+	}
+
+	public function testJS() {
+		$data = DBField::create('HTMLText', '"this is a test"');
+		$this->assertEquals($data->JS(), '\"this is a test\"');
+	}
+
+	public function testATT() {
+		$data = DBField::create('HTMLText', '"this is a test"');
+		$this->assertEquals($data->ATT(), '"this is a test"');
+	}
 }
 ?>
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diff --git a/tests/fieldtypes/TextTest.php b/tests/fieldtypes/TextTest.php
index b4e29b6c34c..97a280441c9 100644
--- a/tests/fieldtypes/TextTest.php
+++ b/tests/fieldtypes/TextTest.php
@@ -142,6 +142,30 @@ function testContextSummary() {
 			'A dog <span class="highlight">ate</span> a cat while looking at a Foobar',
 			$textObj->ContextSummary(100, $testKeyword3a)
 		);
-		
 	}	
+
+	public function testRAW() {
+		$data = DBField::create('Text', 'This &amp; This');
+		$this->assertEquals($data->RAW(), 'This &amp; This');
+	}
+	
+	public function testXML() {
+		$data = DBField::create('Text', 'This & This');
+		$this->assertEquals($data->XML(), 'This &amp; This');
+	}
+
+	public function testHTML() {
+		$data = DBField::create('Text', 'This & This');
+		$this->assertEquals($data->HTML(), 'This &amp; This');
+	}
+
+	public function testJS() {
+		$data = DBField::create('Text', '"this is a test"');
+		$this->assertEquals($data->JS(), '\"this is a test\"');
+	}
+
+	public function testATT() {
+		$data = DBField::create('Text', '"this is a test"');
+		$this->assertEquals($data->ATT(), '&quot;this is a test&quot;');
+	}
 }
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