diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 49f1976c5..71bda5f16 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ phpMyAdmin - Changelog
 $Id$
 $Source$
 
+2005-11-18 Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
+    * libraries/database_interface.lib.php: initialize in case there are
+      no databases (MySQL < 5.0)
+
 2005-11-18 Sebastian Mendel <cybot_tm@users.sourceforge.net>
     * server_databases.php:
       - require_once common.lib.php BEFORE ANYTHING else
diff --git a/libraries/database_interface.lib.php b/libraries/database_interface.lib.php
index 7d677c456..f1f245b1d 100644
--- a/libraries/database_interface.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/database_interface.lib.php
@@ -369,6 +369,10 @@ function PMA_DBI_get_tables_full( $database, $table = false,
  * @return  array       $databases
  */
 function PMA_DBI_get_databases_full( $database = NULL, $force_stats = false, $link = NULL ) {
+    
+    // initialize to avoid errors when there are no databases
+    $databases = array();
+    
     if ( PMA_MYSQL_INT_VERSION >= 50002 ) {
         // get table information from information_schema
         if ( $database ) {
@@ -809,4 +813,4 @@ function PMA_DBI_get_default_engine() {
     }
 }
 
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>