In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Suzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes
>I am working with a MySQL database and PHP. I need to do a count of
>the records in the database table and output them to a script. I need
>a simple way to do this. The table is called "manufacturers".

SELECT COUNT(*) FROM manufacturers

>I will also need to do a list of the manufacturers and number them.
>Using their auto-assigned ID numbers will not do because we will be
>adding and subtracting manufacturers from time to time and there will
>be holes in the sequential numbers.

Wasn't this discussed here just a few weeks ago? (perhaps it was another
group).  Ignore the holes. 

>Can anyone help me with this? If you are able to, please email
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