protected function _column($real) {
		if (is_array($real)) {
			return $real['type'] . (isset($real['length']) ? "({$real['length']})" : '');
		}

		if (!preg_match('/(?P<type>\w+)(?:\((?P<length>[\d,]+)\))?/', $real, $column)) {
			return $real;
		}
		$column = array_intersect_key($column, array('type' => null, 'length' => null));

		if (isset($column['length']) && $column['length']) {
			$length = explode(',', $column['length']) + array(null, null);
			$column['length'] = $length[0] ? (integer) $length[0] : null;
			$length[1] ? $column['precision'] = (integer) $length[1] : null;
		}

		switch (true) {
			case in_array($column['type'], array('date', 'time', 'datetime', 'timestamp')):
				return $column;
			case ($column['type'] === 'tinyint' && $column['length'] == '1'):
			case ($column['type'] === 'boolean'):
				return array('type' => 'boolean');
			break;
			case (strpos($column['type'], 'int') !== false):
				$column['type'] = 'integer';
			break;
			case (strpos($column['type'], 'char') !== false || $column['type'] === 'tinytext'):
				$column['type'] = 'string';
			break;
			case (strpos($column['type'], 'text') !== false):
				$column['type'] = 'text';
			break;
			case (strpos($column['type'], 'blob') !== false || $column['type'] === 'binary'):
				$column['type'] = 'binary';
			break;
			case preg_match('/float|double|decimal/', $column['type']):
				$column['type'] = 'float';
			break;
			default:
				$column['type'] = 'text';
			break;
		}
		return $column;
	}