diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 939b96331..8774a3415 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ $Source$
       - added source documentation
       - PEAR coding standard
       - clarified some variable names
+    * db_sarch.php:
+      fixed bug: Undefined variable: num_tables
 
 2006-01-16 Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
     * server_privileges.php: typo
diff --git a/db_search.php b/db_search.php
index 33df2838b..1009eb5f8 100644
--- a/db_search.php
+++ b/db_search.php
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ $url_params['goto'] = 'db_search.php';
  * Get the list of tables from the current database
  */
 $tables     = PMA_DBI_get_tables($GLOBALS['db']);
+$num_tables = count( $tables );
 
 /**
  * Displays top links