diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/search/ChangeLog b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/search/ChangeLog
index 403f93c637b..ceba85da5e8 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/search/ChangeLog
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/search/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 2003-07-25 Bogdan Gheorghe
 	- Added refs to PathCollector
 	- Filled in feedIndexRequestor for the new search patterns
+	- Fixed the FunctionDeclarationPattern to work with no parms
 	
 2003-07-24 Andrew Niefer
 	- Implemented decodeIndexEntry & matchIndexEntry for all patterns
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/search/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/search/matching/FunctionDeclarationPattern.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/search/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/search/matching/FunctionDeclarationPattern.java
index ef8ad6c649c..d5c6313808f 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/search/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/search/matching/FunctionDeclarationPattern.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/search/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/search/matching/FunctionDeclarationPattern.java
@@ -67,10 +67,12 @@ public class FunctionDeclarationPattern extends CSearchPattern {
 			return IMPOSSIBLE_MATCH;
 		}
 		
-		if( parameterNames != null && parameterNames.length > 0  ){
+		if( parameterNames != null && 
+		    parameterNames.length > 0  && 
+		    parameterNames[0].length > 0
+		    ){
 			Iterator params = function.getParameters();
 			
-			
 			for( int i = 0; i < parameterNames.length; i++ ){
 			
 				//if this function doesn't have this many parameters, it is not a match.