Getting An Inventory Product Count

Newbie question Hi folks, Currently, I have an inventory table that stores individual records for each single item in inventory - ( each item is on its own line because it has serial numbers associated with it) like: fields: Item - ModelID - sn item1 - 1 - sn xxx item1 - 1 - sn xxx item2 - 2 - sn xxx item2 - 2 - sn xxx item2 - 2 - sn xxx item3 - 2 - sn xxx Goal: I would like to give a report page with total counts for current in inventory like: COUNTS... item1 = 2 item2 = 3 item3 = 1 so I created a fool around query that gets a count for just ModelID = 1 $query_count_model1 = "SELECT count(inventory_id) as thecount FROM inventory WHERE ModelID = 1"; BUT: - the I'm sure there is some better way to get a count for *each* of the ModelID that exist in any given time *all at once* in some kind of loop or xxx???... I just don't know how do that... (newbie alert) - I would appreciate any ideas or URL links etc. - please keep is simple for this newbie.... -- Thanks - RevDave Cool @ hosting4days . com [db-lists 09]