From b6b234927bd5c3842996fef45957db73b16324c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ryan <ryan@1a063a9b-81f0-0310-95a4-ce76da25c4cd>
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 06:24:10 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Don't block SET NAMES query. Props g30rg3x for the find.
 fixes #5503 for 2.3

git-svn-id: http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress/branches/2.3@6463 1a063a9b-81f0-0310-95a4-ce76da25c4cd
---
 wp-includes/wp-db.php | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/wp-includes/wp-db.php b/wp-includes/wp-db.php
index 4f65c6110d..788f83abe0 100644
--- a/wp-includes/wp-db.php
+++ b/wp-includes/wp-db.php
@@ -78,11 +78,12 @@ class wpdb {
 			return;
 		}
 
+		$this->ready = true;
+
 		if ( !empty($this->charset) && version_compare(mysql_get_server_info(), '4.1.0', '>=') )
  			$this->query("SET NAMES '$this->charset'");
 
 		$this->select($dbname);
-		$this->ready = true;
 	}
 
 	function __destruct() {
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ class wpdb {
 	 */
 	function select($db) {
 		if (!@mysql_select_db($db, $this->dbh)) {
+			$this->ready = false;
 			$this->bail("
 <h1>Can&#8217;t select database</h1>
 <p>We were able to connect to the database server (which means your username and password is okay) but not able to select the <code>$db</code> database.</p>