diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index a3b6739fa3..86a6894835 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -4040,3 +4040,10 @@ David  25 May 2012
         revalidate.php (new)
     db/
         boinc_db_types.h
+
+David  25 May 2012
+    - fix typos in two PHP scripts
+
+    html/ops/
+        repair_forums.php
+        notify.php
diff --git a/html/ops/notify.php b/html/ops/notify.php
index 11cd62aacf..1ce42608c4 100755
--- a/html/ops/notify.php
+++ b/html/ops/notify.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ function send_notify_emails() {
     $db = BoincDb::get();
 
     $t = time() - (86400 + 3600);  // 1-hour slop factor
-    $query = "select notify.* from ".$db->name.".notify, ".$db->name.".forum_preferences where forum_preferences.pm_notification=2 and notify.userid = forum_preferences.userid and notify.create_time > $t";
+    $query = "select notify.* from ".$db->db_name.".notify, ".$db->db_name.".forum_preferences where forum_preferences.pm_notification=2 and notify.userid = forum_preferences.userid and notify.create_time > $t";
 
     $notifies = BoincNotify::enum_general($query);
     $userid = 0;
diff --git a/html/ops/repair_forums.php b/html/ops/repair_forums.php
index 46f703d022..9a639b8a93 100644
--- a/html/ops/repair_forums.php
+++ b/html/ops/repair_forums.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function cleanup_orphan_threads() {
 //
 function remove_backslashes($table, $field) {
     $db = BoincDb::get();
-    $query = "update ".$db->name.".$table set $field=replace(replace($field, '\\\\\\\"', '\\\"'), '\\\\\\'', '\'')";
+    $query = "update ".$db->db_name.".$table set $field=replace(replace($field, '\\\\\\\"', '\\\"'), '\\\\\\'', '\'')";
     $db->do_query($query);
 }