diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 89fa2db0f..6ac3fdbbf 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ phpMyAdmin - Changelog
 $Id$
 $Source$
 
+2002-09-25 Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
+    * read_dump.php3: bug 611970, do not display the imported query
+      if larger than 500 (I don't think it's necessary to add another
+      config variable), thanks to  Loïc
+
 2002-09-24 Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
     * sql.php3: could not go to next page when browsing a query containing
       a function like SUM(), due to IFs in reversed sequence
diff --git a/read_dump.php3 b/read_dump.php3
index 8a017705f..5d76b264c 100644
--- a/read_dump.php3
+++ b/read_dump.php3
@@ -344,6 +344,11 @@ if ($sql_query != '') {
         $sql_query_cpy = $sql_query = '';
     } else {
         $sql_query_cpy = implode(";\n", $pieces) . ';';
+         // Be nice with bandwidth... for now, an arbitrary limit of 500,
+         // could be made configurable but probably not necessary
+        if (strlen($sql_query_cpy) > 500) {
+            $sql_query_cpy = $sql_query = '';
+        }
     }
 
     // really run the query?