$st = $db->prepare( "SELECT count(*) FROM members WHERE user=?" );
  $st->execute($user);
  $rows = $st->fetchrow_array();

  if ($rows)
   {
      print font( {-size=>5, -color=>'Lime'}, "Το όνομα Χρήστη είναι π
+ιασμένο! Παρακαλώ διάλεξε ένα άλλο!" );
      exit 0;
   }

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i try the above to check if there are any records returned but it fails. any idea why?
and also
 $st = $db->prepare( "SELECT count(*) FROM members" );
   $st->execute();
   $row = $st->fetchrow_hashref;
print $row->{'count(*)}

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i am trying the above to get the total number of rows returned from the sql statement but it aint working why?

In reply to fetching rows problem by Nik

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