Setting up phpmyadmin, got a MySQL syntax error

I tried installing phpmyadmin on Debian Squeeze with a nginx and mysql-server installed. I ran sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin, and all appeared to be going well until setup threw me this:

An error occurred while installing the database: 

mysql said: ERROR 1064 (42000) at line 72: You have an error in your SQL    
syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version      
for the right syntax to use near '(14) NOT NULL, `sqlquery` text NOT        
NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`id`), KEY `usernam' at line 6

...what do?

Solution 1:

Replace "timestamp(14)" by "timestamp" in /usr/share/dbconfig-common/data/phpmyadmin/install/mysql (pma_history section).

Then reinstall phpmyadmin.