Matt Goodall suggested:

Change the "countrecords" SQL method to

select count(*) as num_records from xyz

so that you know the name (num_records) of the column. Then use the following to display that count:

<dtml-var "countrecords()[0]['num_records']">

The DTML is simply getting the column named num_records from the 1st row of the result set.

Thanks, Matt. Worked like a charm. The MySQL book I have mentioned the AS option but didn't include it in the reference section I was looking in, so I didn't remember how to do this column aliasing thing! -- Dan Shafer, Author-Consultant http://www.danshafer.com http://www.shafermedia.com