i tried both of those lines and i get:
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Invalid SQL: SELECT privatemessage.*, user.username FROM privatemessage LEFT JOIN user ON (user.userid=privatemessage.fromuserid) WHERE user.userid=1 LIMIT 1 ORDER BY privatemessageid DESC LIMIT 1
mysql error: You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'ORDER BY privatemessageid DESC LIMIT 1' at line 1
mysql error number: 1064
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http://forum.2ktree.com doesn't work anymore...but
http://www.2ktree.com/forum does which is strange.
-Chief Corn