ah! remove the whitespace between the COUNT and () : COUNT(login) instead of COUNT () ... > Hi, > >> Make this line instead >> $result = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error() . " with the query >> $query"; >> and you'll likely see the error. > > > Here it goes: > > "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 '(login) > FROM formacao WHERE login = 'a'' at line 1" > > Regards, > Mário Gamito -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php