Perform SQL COUNT from AS3

Question

Hi there all,
Just working away as usual and I've encountered a problem with a flash app I'm making..
I can save and load variables from flash to the mySQL database, but when I load up the results one after the other I eventually run out of results to display, which throws an error !!
Is there a way I can perform an SQL COUNT from flash to determine the amount of results I have in the database and loop the viewer back to the first result ??
Many Thanks in advance for any help

Answer 1

This is how I am parsing and requesting the information.. I know it's in there somewhere I just can't get the variables, do I need to add them ? It's not making much sense to me at the moment, I'm sorry !! I need to add the variables to the request somehow.. so I can receive the info, no ?
var tab = "SQLtab";
var filesend = "path to php file";
var modesend = "post";
function variableTransaction(fichier, modesend, tab, var1, var2) {
     var URLload = new URLLoader();
     var URLrequest = new URLRequest(fichier);
     var variables:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
     variables.tab = tab;
     variables.var1 = var1;
     variables.var2 = var2;
     if (modesend == "post") {
          URLrequest.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
     } else if ( modesend == "get") {
          URLrequest.method = URLRequestMethod.GET;
     if (var1 == false && var2 == false) {
          URLload.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.VARIABLES;
          URLrequest.data = variables;
          URLload.load(URLrequest);
          URLload.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loadComplete, false, 0, true);
     } else {
          URLrequest.data = variables;
          URLload.load(URLrequest);
          var receiveObject = variableTransaction(filesend, modesend, tab, false, false);