diff --git a/lib/db/mysql.php b/lib/db/mysql.php
index c6244b4bc4f..ade56c4255d 100644
--- a/lib/db/mysql.php
+++ b/lib/db/mysql.php
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ function main_upgrade($oldversion=0) {
         rebuild_course_cache();
     }
 
-    if ($oldversion < 2004042700) {
+    if ($oldversion < 2004042700) {     /// Increase size of lang fields
         table_column("user",   "lang", "lang", "varchar", "10", "", "en");
         table_column("groups", "lang", "lang", "varchar", "10", "", "");
         table_column("course", "lang", "lang", "varchar", "10", "", "");
@@ -740,6 +740,10 @@ function main_upgrade($oldversion=0) {
         table_column("course", "", "hiddentopics", "integer", "1", "unsigned", "0", "not null", "visible");
     }
 
+    if ($oldversion < 2004042702) {     /// add a format field for the description
+        table_column("event", "", "format", "integer", "4", "unsigned", "0", "not null", "description");
+    }
+
     return $result;
 
 }
diff --git a/lib/db/mysql.sql b/lib/db/mysql.sql
index e0f3514953d..fc04d822f2c 100644
--- a/lib/db/mysql.sql
+++ b/lib/db/mysql.sql
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `prefix_event` (
   `id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
   `name` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
   `description` text NOT NULL,
+  `format` int(4) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
   `courseid` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
   `groupid` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
   `userid` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
diff --git a/lib/db/postgres7.php b/lib/db/postgres7.php
index b1b963fb9b7..a21c219b548 100644
--- a/lib/db/postgres7.php
+++ b/lib/db/postgres7.php
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ function main_upgrade($oldversion=0) {
         rebuild_course_cache();
     }
 
-    if ($oldversion < 2004042700) {
+    if ($oldversion < 2004042700) {     /// Increase size of lang fields
         table_column("user",   "lang", "lang", "varchar", "10", "", "en");
         table_column("groups", "lang", "lang", "varchar", "10", "", "");
         table_column("course", "lang", "lang", "varchar", "10", "", "");
@@ -485,6 +485,10 @@ function main_upgrade($oldversion=0) {
         table_column("course", "", "hiddentopics", "integer", "1", "unsigned", "0", "not null", "visible");
     }
 
+    if ($oldversion < 2004042702) {     /// Add a format field for the description 
+        table_column("event", "", "format", "integer", "4", "unsigned", "0", "not null", "description");
+    }
+
     return $result;
 
 }
diff --git a/lib/db/postgres7.sql b/lib/db/postgres7.sql
index c5a2bea968a..5b6be6f08d6 100644
--- a/lib/db/postgres7.sql
+++ b/lib/db/postgres7.sql
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ CREATE TABLE prefix_event (
    id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
    name varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
    description text,
+   format integer NOT NULL default '0',
    courseid integer NOT NULL default '0',
    groupid integer NOT NULL default '0',
    userid integer NOT NULL default '0',
diff --git a/version.php b/version.php
index 453aa82268b..6af0b071a95 100644
--- a/version.php
+++ b/version.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 // database to determine whether upgrades should
 // be performed (see lib/db/*.php)
 
-$version = 2004042701;   // The current version is a date (YYYYMMDDXX)
+$version = 2004042702;   // The current version is a date (YYYYMMDDXX)
 
 $release = "1.3 development";   // User-friendly version number