diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 13e020301..0db38012e 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ phpMyAdmin - Changelog
 $Id$ 
 $Source$
 
+2001-08-02  Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
+	* tbl_qbe.php3: workaround a PHP3 problem
+
 2001-08-02  Benjamin Gandon <gandon@isia.cma.fr>
 	* Documentation.html: added a FAQ entry about the buggy php
 	                      package still available for RedHat 7.0
diff --git a/tbl_qbe.php3 b/tbl_qbe.php3
index dc08f923e..e83984186 100755
--- a/tbl_qbe.php3
+++ b/tbl_qbe.php3
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ if (!isset($DelCol)) {
 if (!isset($prev_Criteria)) {
     $prev_Criteria = '';
 }
-// test for a PHP3 problem, to be confirmed:
+// workaround for a PHP3 problem
 if (!isset($Criteria)) {
     //$Criteria = '';
     $Criteria = array();
@@ -60,16 +60,32 @@ if (!isset($Criteria)) {
     }
 }
 if (!isset($InsRow)) {
-    $InsRow   = '';
+//    $InsRow   = '';
+    $InsRow = array();
+    for ($i=0; $i<$Columns; $i++) {
+	$InsRow[$i]='';
+    }
 }
 if (!isset($DelRow)) {
-    $DelRow   = '';
+//    $DelRow   = '';
+    $DelRow = array();
+    for ($i=0; $i<$Columns; $i++) {
+	$DelRow[$i]='';
+    }
 }
 if (!isset($AndOrRow)) {
-    $AndOrRow = '';
+//    $AndOrRow = '';
+    $AndOrRow = array();
+    for ($i=0; $i<$Columns; $i++) {
+	$AndOrRow[$i]='';
+    }
 }
 if (!isset($AndOrCol)) {
-    $AndOrCol = '';
+//    $AndOrCol = '';
+    $AndOrCol = array();
+    for ($i=0; $i<$Columns; $i++) {
+	$AndOrCol[$i]='';
+    }
 }
 $wid          = 12;
 $widem        = $wid . 'em';