--- trunk/src/varstring.c	2008/02/17 08:53:40	521
+++ trunk/src/varstring.c	2008/02/17 10:59:45	522
@@ -940,6 +940,12 @@
   
 Debug("SplitVarstring([%s])\n",string);
 
+if (strlen(string) == 0)
+   {
+   AppendItem(&liststart,string,NULL);
+   return liststart;
+   }
+
 for (sp = string; (*sp != '\0') ; sp++,i++)
    {
    var[0] = '\0';