diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 83989c233..be29339bf 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ $Source$
 2002-07-14 Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
     * Documentation.html, db_details_exports.php3, tbl_properties_export.php3:
       add a link to a new faq entry explaining some dump options
+    * libraries/relation.lib.php3: bug 575868 Unitialized string offset
 
 2002-07-13 Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
     * libraries/common.lib.php3: bug 580929: do not EXPLAIN if this is
diff --git a/libraries/relation.lib.php3 b/libraries/relation.lib.php3
index 3b1ed6e92..7fa863939 100644
--- a/libraries/relation.lib.php3
+++ b/libraries/relation.lib.php3
@@ -81,10 +81,12 @@ if (!defined('PMA_RELATION_LIB_INCLUDED')){
         $cfgRelation['commwork']    = FALSE;
 
         // No server selected -> no bookmark table
+        // we return the array with the FALSEs in it,
+        // to avoid some 'Unitialized string offset' errors later
         if ($server == 0
            || empty($cfg['Server'])
            || empty($cfg['Server']['pmadb'])) {
-            return '';
+            return $cfgRelation;
         }
 
         $cfgRelation['user']  = $cfg['Server']['user'];