diff --git a/tbl_change.php3 b/tbl_change.php3
index 55bba973a..12c199af6 100755
--- a/tbl_change.php3
+++ b/tbl_change.php3
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
 mysql_select_db($db);
 $table_def = mysql_query('SHOW FIELDS FROM ' . backquote($table));
 if (isset($primary_key)) {
-    $result = mysql_query('SELECT * FROM ' . backquote($table) . ' WHERE ' . $primary_key);
+    $result = mysql_query('SELECT * FROM ' . backquote($table) . ' WHERE ' . $primary_key) or mysql_die();
     $row    = mysql_fetch_array($result);
 }
 else
 {
-    $result = mysql_query('SELECT * FROM ' . backquote($table) . ' LIMIT 1');
+    $result = mysql_query('SELECT * FROM ' . backquote($table) . ' LIMIT 1') or mysql_die();
 }