diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.so_sql.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.so_sql.inc.php
index 29e610ad60..febaf37ee6 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.so_sql.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.so_sql.inc.php
@@ -1435,7 +1435,7 @@ class so_sql
 		}
 		if (!is_array($value_col)) $value_col = array($value_col);
 
-		$cols = array();
+		$cols = $ret = array();
 		foreach($value_col as $key => $col)
 		{
 			$cols[$key] = preg_match('/AS ([a-z_0-9]+)$/i',$col,$matches) ? $matches[1] : $col;
@@ -1466,7 +1466,7 @@ class so_sql
 				{
 					$data = $row[current($cols)];
 				}
-				$ret[$row[$key_col]] = $data;
+				if ($data) $ret[$row[$key_col]] = $data;
 			}
 		}
 		return $cache[$cache_key] =& $ret;