query_posts produces SQL error when excluding empty category

[joefish]

When setting up the loop with query_posts, an SQL error is generated if an empty category is excluded. For example, if the category with the id 8 is empty, query_posts('cat=-8') produces:

WordPress database error: [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 '8 AND (post_type = 'post' AND (post_status = 'publish' OR post_status = 'private' at line 1]
SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS wp_posts.* FROM wp_posts LEFT JOIN wp_post2cat ON (wp_posts.ID = wp_post2cat.post_id) WHERE 1=1 8 AND (post_type = 'post' AND (post_status = 'publish' OR post_status = 'private')) GROUP BY wp_posts.ID ORDER BY post_date DESC LIMIT 0, 10

(In [4754]) Fix SQL error when excluding empty cat. fixes #3598