diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6345bb795..043a44457 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ $Source$
 2005-05-29 Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
     * tbl_change.php: bug #1184325, Label IDs mismatch for ENUM type,
       thanks to Ryan Schmidt
+    * footer.inc.php: bug #1209891, db list not refreshed when the left
+      frame is positionned on a db, then a manual DROP DATABASE it done
+      on another db
  
 2005-05-27 Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
     * tbl_properties.inc.php: bug #1205940, current timestamp checkbox 
diff --git a/footer.inc.php b/footer.inc.php
index 84e760a2d..a013d6ce4 100644
--- a/footer.inc.php
+++ b/footer.inc.php
@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@ if ($cfg['QueryFrame'] && $cfg['QueryFrameJS']) {
             $num_tables_disp = ' (-)';
         }
     ?>
+    var forceQueryFrameReload = false;
+<?php
+    // this flag comes from sql.php when we saw a DROP DATABASE
+    if ($is_drop_database) {
+?>
+    forceQueryFrameReload = true;
+<?php
+    }
+?>
     var dbBoxSetupDone = false;
     function dbBoxSetup() {
         if (dbBoxSetupDone != true) {
@@ -47,7 +56,7 @@ if ($cfg['QueryFrame'] && $cfg['QueryFrameJS']) {
     }
     if (parent.frames.queryframe && parent.frames.queryframe.document && parent.frames.queryframe.document.left && parent.frames.queryframe.document.left.lightm_db) {
         selidx = parent.frames.queryframe.document.left.lightm_db.selectedIndex;
-        if (parent.frames.queryframe.document.left.lightm_db.options[selidx].value == "<?php echo addslashes($db); ?>") {
+        if (parent.frames.queryframe.document.left.lightm_db.options[selidx].value == "<?php echo addslashes($db); ?>" && forceQueryFrameReload == false) {
             parent.frames.queryframe.document.left.lightm_db.options[selidx].text = "<?php echo addslashes($db) . $num_tables_disp; ?>";
         } else {
             parent.frames.queryframe.location.reload();