specific mySQL query question

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I am trying to get latest posts to display on a non vB page and I think I am close to having it work.

$lpost = $db->query_first('SELECT b.title,a.threadid,a.username,a.userid,a.dateline FROM ' . TABLE_PREFIX . 'post a,thread b WHERE a.threadid = b.threadid AND b.forumid NOT IN (31) ORDER BY a.dateline DESC LIMIT 0 , 5');

echo "test<br>";
echo "$lpost";

It returns 'Array' where the latest posts should show up.

http://www.pkmndex.com/posts