diff --git a/mysql/MySQLdb.py b/mysql/MySQLdb.py
index a631630..f41f5d4 100644
--- a/mysql/MySQLdb.py
+++ b/mysql/MySQLdb.py
@@ -248,7 +248,9 @@ class BaseCursor:
     
     def nextset(self): return None
 
-    def _fetch_row(self): return self._result.fetch_row(1, self._fetch_type)[0]
+    def _fetch_row(self):
+        r = self._result.fetch_row(1, self._fetch_type)
+        return r and r[0] or ()
 
     def _fetch_rows(self, size):
         return self._result.fetch_row(size, self._fetch_type)
diff --git a/mysql/setup.py b/mysql/setup.py
index bbde487..e5316ee 100644
--- a/mysql/setup.py
+++ b/mysql/setup.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ derived from the Python license.
 
 setup (# Distribution meta-data
         name = "MySQL-python",
-        version = "0.3.2",
+        version = "0.3.3",
         description = "An interface to MySQL",
 	long_description=long_description,
         author = "Andy Dustman",