diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index dca719f44e..f1c5800179 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -9002,3 +9002,9 @@ David  2 Nov 2008
         ViewResources.cpp
     lib/
         filesys.cpp
+
+David  2 Nov 2008
+    - web: free result in count().  Fixes #763
+
+    html/inc/
+        db_conn.inc
diff --git a/html/inc/db_conn.inc b/html/inc/db_conn.inc
index d55505c0d9..a8f11dd9fd 100644
--- a/html/inc/db_conn.inc
+++ b/html/inc/db_conn.inc
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ class DbConn {
         $query = "select count(*) as total from DBNAME.$table where $clause";
         $result = $this->do_query($query);
         $cnt = mysql_fetch_object($result);
+        mysql_free_result($result);
         if ($cnt) return $cnt->total;
         return null;
-        mysql_free_result($result);
     }
     function replace($table, $clause) {
         $query = "replace into DBNAME.$table set $clause";