diff --git a/core/model/fieldtypes/DBField.php b/core/model/fieldtypes/DBField.php
index 03433454a..a8269347e 100644
--- a/core/model/fieldtypes/DBField.php
+++ b/core/model/fieldtypes/DBField.php
@@ -168,6 +168,14 @@ abstract class DBField extends ViewableData {
 		return Convert::raw2xml($this->value);
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * Converts the current value for this Enum DBField to lowercase.
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	function LowerCase() {
+		return Convert::raw2xml(strtolower($this->value));
+	}	
+	
 	/**
 	 * Returns the value to be set in the database to blank this field.
 	 * Usually it's a choice between null, 0, and ''
diff --git a/core/model/fieldtypes/Varchar.php b/core/model/fieldtypes/Varchar.php
index 4b13ab91f..4e74952cd 100644
--- a/core/model/fieldtypes/Varchar.php
+++ b/core/model/fieldtypes/Varchar.php
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ class Varchar extends DBField {
 		return $this->raw2HTML();
 	}*/
 	
-	function LowerCase() {
-		return Convert::raw2xml(strtolower($this->value));
-	}
-	
 	function LimitCharacters($limit = 20, $add = "...") {
 		$value = trim($this->value);
 		return (strlen($value) > $limit) ? substr($value, 0, $limit) . $add : $value;