Index: t3lib/class.t3lib_db.php
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--- t3lib/class.t3lib_db.php	(revision 3818)
+++ t3lib/class.t3lib_db.php	(working copy)
@@ -1044,8 +1044,10 @@
 		$output = array();
 
 		$columns_res = mysql_query('SHOW CHARACTER SET', $this->link);
-		while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($columns_res)) {
-			$output[$row['Charset']] = $row;
+		if ($columns_res) {
+			while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($columns_res)) {
+				$output[$row['Charset']] = $row;
+			}
 		}
 
 		return $output;