diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 087d51941..d25d0c8f1 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ $Source$
 
 2002-04-13 Loïc Chapeaux  <lolo@phpheaven.net>
 	* lang/korean.inc.php3: fixed some inconcistencies.
+	* main.php3, lines 200-201: fixed a bug with privileges with escaped
+	  wilcards in database names. Thanks to
+	  Mike Eheler <meheler @ users.sourceforge.net>.
 
 2002-04-12 Loïc Chapeaux  <lolo@phpheaven.net>
 	* libraries/display_tbl.lib.php3, lines 957-991: expended cosmetic changes
diff --git a/main.php3 b/main.php3
index 7fb84be5d..e6e49e715 100755
--- a/main.php3
+++ b/main.php3
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ if ($server > 0) {
             while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($rs_usr)) {
                 if (ereg($re . '%|_', $row['Db'])
                     || !mysql_select_db($row['Db'], $userlink) && @mysql_errno() != 1044) {
-                    $row['Db']      = ereg_replace($re . '%', '\\1...', ereg_replace($re . '_', '\\1?', $row['Db']));
-                    $db_to_create   = $row['Db'];
+                    $db_to_create   = ereg_replace($re . '%', '\\1...', ereg_replace($re . '_', '\\1?', $row['Db']));
+                    $db_to_create   = ereg_replace('\\\(%|_)', '\\1', $db_to_create);
                     $is_create_priv = TRUE;
                     break;
                 } // end if