I don't have a database handy, so I can't check, but I have a sneaking suspicion you're actually passing two lines as the SQL query instead of one. You're passing:

select count(*) from userlist
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and:

where colemail = \'$FORM{'email'}\';
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instead of the whole in one go. Try putting both on one line, or putting in a line continuation character. Your DB documentation should tell you what that character should be (often a backslash \ ).

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