diff --git a/sql.php3 b/sql.php3
index 72b8f59c5..0e224aa67 100755
--- a/sql.php3
+++ b/sql.php3
@@ -73,18 +73,19 @@ if (isset($btnDrop) || isset($navig)) {
 // query may contain aliases.
 // (todo: check for embedded comments...)
 
-eregi('SELECT (.*)FROM +(`[^`]+`|[A-Za-z0-9_$]+)([\.]*)(`[^`]*`|[A-Za-z0-9_$]*)', $sql_query, $tmp);
+eregi('SELECT[[:space:]](.*)[[:space:]]FROM[[:space:]]+(`[^`]+`|[A-Za-z0-9_$]+)([\.]*)(`[^`]*`|[A-Za-z0-9_$]*)', $sql_query, $tmp);
 
-if ($tmp[3]=='.') {
-	$prev_db = $db;
-	$db = str_replace('`','',$tmp[2]);
-	$reload = ($db == $prev_db)? 0 : 1;
-	$table = str_replace('`','',$tmp[4]); 
+if ($tmp[3] == '.') {
+    $prev_db = $db;
+    $db      = str_replace('`', '', $tmp[2]);
+    $reload  = ($db == $prev_db) ? 0 : 1;
+    $table   = str_replace('`', '', $tmp[4]);
 }
 else {
-	$table = str_replace('`','',$tmp[2]);
+    $table   = str_replace('`', '', $tmp[2]);
 }
 
+
 /**
  * Sets or modifies the $goto variable if required
  */