diff --git a/src/Model/Register.php b/src/Model/Register.php
index be00699bfa..5eb9a417ca 100644
--- a/src/Model/Register.php
+++ b/src/Model/Register.php
@@ -42,15 +42,7 @@ class Register
 	 */
 	public static function getPending($start = 0, $count = Pager::ITEMS_PER_PAGE)
 	{
-		$stmt = DBA::p(
-			"SELECT `register`.*, `contact`.`name`, `contact`.`url`, `contact`.`micro`, `user`.`email`, `contact`.`nick`
-			FROM `register`
-			INNER JOIN `contact` ON `register`.`uid` = `contact`.`uid`
-			INNER JOIN `user` ON `register`.`uid` = `user`.`uid`
-			LIMIT ?, ?", $start, $count
-		);
-
-		return DBA::toArray($stmt);
+		return DBA::selectToArray('pending-view', [], [], ['limit' => [$start, $count]]);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -64,14 +56,7 @@ class Register
 	 */
 	public static function getPendingForUser(int $uid)
 	{
-		return DBA::fetchFirst(
-			"SELECT `register`.*, `contact`.`name`, `contact`.`url`, `contact`.`micro`, `user`.`email`
-			FROM `register`
-			INNER JOIN `contact` ON `register`.`uid` = `contact`.`uid`
-			INNER JOIN `user` ON `register`.`uid` = `user`.`uid`
-			WHERE `register`.uid = ?",
-			$uid
-		);
+		return DBA::selectToArray('pending-view', [], ['uid' => $uid]);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -82,13 +67,7 @@ class Register
 	 */
 	public static function getPendingCount()
 	{
-		$register = DBA::fetchFirst(
-			"SELECT COUNT(*) AS `count`
-			FROM `register`
-			INNER JOIN `contact` ON `register`.`uid` = `contact`.`uid` AND `contact`.`self`"
-		);
-
-		return $register['count'];
+		return DBA::count('pending-view', ['self' => true]);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/static/dbview.config.php b/static/dbview.config.php
index 4363c78866..9722ca3819 100755
--- a/static/dbview.config.php
+++ b/static/dbview.config.php
@@ -174,6 +174,26 @@ return [
 		"query" => "FROM `user`
 			INNER JOIN `contact` ON `contact`.`uid` = `user`.`uid` AND `contact`.`self`
 			INNER JOIN `profile` ON `profile`.`uid` = `user`.`uid`"
-	]
+	],
+	"pending-view" => [
+		"fields" => [
+			"id" => ["register", "id"],
+			"hash" => ["register", "hash"],
+			"created" => ["register", "created"],
+			"uid" => ["register", "uid"],
+			"password" => ["register", "password"],
+			"language" => ["register", "language"],
+			"note" => ["register", "note"],
+			"self" => ["contact", "self"],
+			"name" => ["contact", "name"],
+			"url" => ["contact", "url"],
+			"micro" => ["contact", "micro"],
+			"email" => ["user", "email"],
+			"nick" => ["contact", "nick"],
+		],
+		"query" => "FROM `register`
+			INNER JOIN `contact` ON `register`.`uid` = `contact`.`uid`
+			INNER JOIN `user` ON `register`.`uid` = `user`.`uid`"
+	],
 ];