diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a7e0d908e..989a534fd 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
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+2006-08-09 Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
+    * libraries/mysql_charsets.lib.php: bug #1530574:
+      MySQL 4.1.13 and double quotes in SHOW VARIABLES,
+      thanks to Herve Pages
+
 2006-08-08 Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
     * db_operations.php: added a FIXME for db copy with Add Constraints 
       and mysql extension
diff --git a/libraries/mysql_charsets.lib.php b/libraries/mysql_charsets.lib.php
index ea92037fc..d38775f06 100644
--- a/libraries/mysql_charsets.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/mysql_charsets.lib.php
@@ -121,7 +121,9 @@ if (PMA_MYSQL_INT_VERSION >= 40100){
             // MySQL 4.1.0 does not support seperate charset settings
             // for databases.
             PMA_DBI_select_db( $db );
-            $return = PMA_DBI_fetch_value( 'SHOW VARIABLES LIKE "collation_database"', 0, 1 );
+            // we got one case in 4.1.13 where the query does not work 
+            // if this string is in double quotes
+            $return = PMA_DBI_fetch_value( 'SHOW VARIABLES LIKE \'collation_database\'', 0, 1 );
             if ( isset( $GLOBALS['db'] ) && $db !== $GLOBALS['db'] ) {
                 PMA_DBI_select_db( $GLOBALS['db'] );
             }