use 2 cols: Hits and x, hits has auto-incresementeverytime someone sees the page, it will add something to the table. and then you just use the query Select count(x) fraom yourtableand it will give the number. OR if you need more than one counter (meaning 2 different articles) you can put different numbers into x. so for example article 1 will add 1 to the table, and article 2 will add 2 to the table. then you can count them the same way, just add "WHERE x = 1" or "WHERE x = 2"