diff --git a/src/main/blog/db.cljs b/src/main/blog/db.cljs
index ed98492..48e28e6 100644
--- a/src/main/blog/db.cljs
+++ b/src/main/blog/db.cljs
@@ -26,7 +26,21 @@
   [client channel]
   (go
     (try
-      (let [res (<p! (. client query "select * from articles"))]
+      (let [res (<p! (. client query "select id, title, content, created from articles"))]
+        (>! channel (.-rows res)))
+      (catch js/Error err (js/console.log (ex-cause err)))))
+  channel)
+
+(defn get-articles-briefly
+  "Reads all articles and returns via channel. It gets and returns the same channel. The content will be brief (<=60 characters)."
+  [client channel]
+  (go
+    (try
+      (let [res (<p! (. client query
+                        (str "select id, title,"
+                             "substr(content, 0, 60) content,"
+                             "length(content) content_length,"
+                             "created from articles")))]
         (>! channel (.-rows res)))
       (catch js/Error err (js/console.log (ex-cause err)))))
   channel)
@@ -37,7 +51,7 @@
   (go
     (try
       (let [res (<p! (.query client
-                             "select * from articles where id=$1"
+                             "select id, title, content, created from articles where id=$1"
                              (clj->js [id])))]
         (>! channel (-> (.-rows res)
                         (js->clj :keywordize-keys true)
@@ -45,6 +59,24 @@
       (catch js/Error err (js/console.log (ex-cause err)))))
   channel)
 
+(defn get-article-briefly
+  "Reads an article with the id and returns via channel. It gets and returns the same channel. Empty collection if not found. The content will be brief (<=60 characters)."
+  [client id channel]
+  (go
+    (try
+      (let [res (<p! (.query client
+                        (str "select id, title,"
+                             "substr(content, 0, 60) content,"
+                             "length(content) content_length,"
+                             "created from articles"
+                             "where id=$1")
+                        (clj->js [id])))]
+        (>! channel (-> (.-rows res)
+                        (js->clj :keywordize-keys true)
+                        (first))))
+      (catch js/Error err (js/console.log (ex-cause err)))))
+  channel)
+
 (defn insert-article
   "Insert an article and return the id via channel. It gets and returns the same channel."
   [client title content channel]