diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ddeee14a6..f039ce0b6 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ $Source$
     * tbl_properties_export.php: In case we don't need to reconstruct complete
       query just drop LIMIT part (workaround for bug #955175 and should fix
       bug #990724).
+    * libraries/export/sql.php: Fix export of '0' strings (bug #990398).
+
 
 2004-07-15 Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
     * tbl_change.php: bug 990959, undefined index for DATETIME
diff --git a/libraries/export/sql.php b/libraries/export/sql.php
index 9886317f7..b77ab12d0 100644
--- a/libraries/export/sql.php
+++ b/libraries/export/sql.php
@@ -566,9 +566,6 @@ function PMA_exportData($db, $table, $crlf, $error_url, $sql_query)
                 // a number
                 } elseif ($fields_meta[$j]->numeric) {
                     $values[] = $row[$j];
-                // empty string
-                } elseif (empty($row[$j])) {
-                    $values[]     = '\'\'';
                 // a binary field
                 } else if (stristr($field_flags[$j], 'BINARY') && isset($GLOBALS['hexforbinary'])) {
                     $values[] = '0x' . bin2hex($row[$j]);