diff --git a/core/trunk/core/class/class_functions.php b/core/trunk/core/class/class_functions.php
index a56748ba25cde59a3874c971b76fd33c4fded644..b8fda84e18f2c4a6afbd0d07469887012aae0416 100644
--- a/core/trunk/core/class/class_functions.php
+++ b/core/trunk/core/class/class_functions.php
@@ -731,6 +731,7 @@ class functions
             return array("UserId" => "",
                 "FirstName" => "",
                 "LastName" => "",
+                "Initials" => "",
                 "Phone" => "",
                 "Mail" => "",
                 "department" => "",
@@ -760,6 +761,7 @@ class functions
             return array("UserId" => $line->user_id,
                 "FirstName" => $line->firstname,
                 "LastName" => $line->lastname,
+                "Initials" => $line->initials,
                 "Phone" => $line->phone,
                 "Mail" => $line->mail ,
                 "department" => $line->department,
diff --git a/core/trunk/core/class/class_security.php b/core/trunk/core/class/class_security.php
index 264297f733ae8de37dfe8a39530de167f8c8f21f..26058368eace40a0a3b058a8a8db286a6a56f10e 100644
--- a/core/trunk/core/class/class_security.php
+++ b/core/trunk/core/class/class_security.php
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ class security extends Database
                     'UserId'      => $user->__get('user_id'),
                     'FirstName'   => $user->__get('firstname'),
                     'LastName'    => $user->__get('lastname'),
+                    'Initials'    => $user->__get('initials'),
                     'Phone'       => $user->__get('phone'),
                     'Mail'        => $user->__get('mail'),
                     'department' => $user->__get('department'),
diff --git a/core/trunk/sql/structure.sql b/core/trunk/sql/structure.sql
index 5daf6a710ff17ba3e43b513292459562a0b0a659..bfd1bcca2d9c753af5919babe28f3b3b7f3cf422 100644
--- a/core/trunk/sql/structure.sql
+++ b/core/trunk/sql/structure.sql
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ CREATE TABLE users
   thumbprint text DEFAULT NULL::character varying,
   signature_path character varying(255) DEFAULT NULL::character varying,
   signature_file_name character varying(255) DEFAULT NULL::character varying,
-  initials character varying(255) DEFAULT NULL::character varying,
+  initials character varying(32) DEFAULT NULL::character varying,
   CONSTRAINT users_pkey PRIMARY KEY (user_id)
 )
 WITH (OIDS=FALSE);