diff --git a/adminer/db.inc.php b/adminer/db.inc.php
index e72519338..89b69b8aa 100644
--- a/adminer/db.inc.php
+++ b/adminer/db.inc.php
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
 		foreach ($table_status as $row) {
 			$id = addcslashes($row["Name"], "\\'/");
 			echo "setHtml('Comment-$id', '" . nbsp($row["Comment"]) . "');\n";
-			if (!eregi("view", $row["Engine"])) {
+			if (!is_view($row)) {
 				foreach (array("Engine", "Collation") as $key) {
 					echo "setHtml('$key-$id', '" . nbsp($row[$key]) . "');\n";
 				}
diff --git a/adminer/drivers/mssql.inc.php b/adminer/drivers/mssql.inc.php
index 5d3902d53..d14f5d370 100644
--- a/adminer/drivers/mssql.inc.php
+++ b/adminer/drivers/mssql.inc.php
@@ -304,6 +304,10 @@ function table_status($name = "") {
 		return $return;
 	}
 
+	function is_view($table_status) {
+		return $table_status["Engine"] == "VIEW";
+	}
+	
 	function fk_support($table_status) {
 		return true;
 	}
diff --git a/adminer/drivers/mysql.inc.php b/adminer/drivers/mysql.inc.php
index aca228d6e..1ca1cca3a 100644
--- a/adminer/drivers/mysql.inc.php
+++ b/adminer/drivers/mysql.inc.php
@@ -359,7 +359,6 @@ function table_status($name = "") {
 				$row["Comment"] = preg_replace('~(?:(.+); )?InnoDB free: .*~', '\\1', $row["Comment"]);
 			}
 			if (!isset($row["Rows"])) {
-				$row["Engine"] = "VIEW";
 				$row["Comment"] = "";
 			}
 			if ($name != "") {
@@ -370,6 +369,14 @@ function table_status($name = "") {
 		return $return;
 	}
 
+	/** Find out whether the identifier is view
+	* @param array
+	* @return bool
+	*/
+	function is_view($table_status) {
+		return !isset($table_status["Rows"]);
+	}
+
 	/** Check if table supports foreign keys
 	* @param array result of table_status
 	* @return bool
diff --git a/adminer/drivers/oracle.inc.php b/adminer/drivers/oracle.inc.php
index 6fbf49aec..3635ef987 100644
--- a/adminer/drivers/oracle.inc.php
+++ b/adminer/drivers/oracle.inc.php
@@ -202,6 +202,10 @@ function table_status($name = "") {
 		return $return;
 	}
 
+	function is_view($table_status) {
+		return $table_status["Engine"] == "view";
+	}
+	
 	function fk_support($table_status) {
 		return true;
 	}
diff --git a/adminer/drivers/pgsql.inc.php b/adminer/drivers/pgsql.inc.php
index 3ff313f10..4255144b1 100644
--- a/adminer/drivers/pgsql.inc.php
+++ b/adminer/drivers/pgsql.inc.php
@@ -213,6 +213,10 @@ function table_status($name = "") {
 		return ($name != "" ? $return[$name] : $return);
 	}
 	
+	function is_view($table_status) {
+		return $table_status["Engine"] == "view";
+	}
+	
 	function fk_support($table_status) {
 		return true;
 	}
diff --git a/adminer/drivers/sqlite.inc.php b/adminer/drivers/sqlite.inc.php
index fa66ff676..ddc989b6c 100644
--- a/adminer/drivers/sqlite.inc.php
+++ b/adminer/drivers/sqlite.inc.php
@@ -262,6 +262,10 @@ function table_status($name = "") {
 		return ($name != "" ? $return[$name] : $return);
 	}
 
+	function is_view($table_status) {
+		return $table_status["Engine"] == "view";
+	}
+	
 	function fk_support($table_status) {
 		global $connection;
 		return !$connection->result("SELECT sqlite_compileoption_used('OMIT_FOREIGN_KEY')");
diff --git a/adminer/dump.inc.php b/adminer/dump.inc.php
index 17d147734..46bd53576 100644
--- a/adminer/dump.inc.php
+++ b/adminer/dump.inc.php
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 					$table = (DB == "" || in_array($row["Name"], (array) $_POST["tables"]));
 					$data = (DB == "" || in_array($row["Name"], (array) $_POST["data"]));
 					if ($table || $data) {
-						if (isset($row["Engine"])) {
+						if (!is_view($row)) {
 							if ($ext == "tar") {
 								ob_start();
 							}
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
 		$prefix = ereg_replace("_.*", "", $name);
 		$checked = ($TABLE == "" || $TABLE == (substr($TABLE, -1) == "%" ? "$prefix%" : $name)); //! % may be part of table name
 		$print = "<tr><td>" . checkbox("tables[]", $name, $checked, $name, "formUncheck('check-tables');");
-		if (eregi("view", $row["Engine"])) {
+		if (is_view($row)) {
 			$views .= "$print\n";
 		} else {
 			echo "$print<td align='right'><label>" . ($row["Engine"] == "InnoDB" && $row["Rows"] ? "~ " : "") . $row["Rows"] . checkbox("data[]", $name, $checked, "", "formUncheck('check-data');") . "</label>\n";
diff --git a/adminer/include/adminer.inc.php b/adminer/include/adminer.inc.php
index f2466c08c..d52d4b829 100644
--- a/adminer/include/adminer.inc.php
+++ b/adminer/include/adminer.inc.php
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ function fieldName($field, $order = 0) {
 	function selectLinks($tableStatus, $set = "") {
 		echo '<p class="tabs">';
 		$links = array("select" => lang('Select data'), "table" => lang('Show structure'));
-		if (eregi("view", $tableStatus["Engine"])) {
+		if (is_view($tableStatus)) {
 			$links["view"] = lang('Alter view');
 		} else {
 			$links["create"] = lang('Alter table');
diff --git a/adminer/table.inc.php b/adminer/table.inc.php
index 0c4a0c580..30a2f2342 100644
--- a/adminer/table.inc.php
+++ b/adminer/table.inc.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 }
 $table_status = ($fields ? table_status($TABLE) : array());
 
-page_header(($fields && $table_status["Engine"] == "VIEW" ? lang('View') : lang('Table')) . ": " . h($TABLE), $error);
+page_header(($fields && is_view($table_status) ? lang('View') : lang('Table')) . ": " . h($TABLE), $error);
 $adminer->selectLinks($table_status);
 
 if ($fields) {
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	}
 	echo "</table>\n";
 	
-	if ($table_status["Engine"] != "VIEW") {
+	if (is_view($table_status)) {
 		echo "<h3>" . lang('Indexes') . "</h3>\n";
 		$indexes = indexes($TABLE);
 		if ($indexes) {