diff --git a/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_driver.php
index c5c582d..03f58e2 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_driver.php
@@ -281,8 +281,8 @@
 		if ($table == '')
 			return '0';
 	
-		$query = $this->query($this->_count_string . "FROM `".$this->dbprefix.$table."`");
-		
+		$query = $this->query($this->_count_string . $this->_protect_identifiers('numrows'). " FROM " . $this->_protect_identifiers($this->dbprefix.$table));
+	
 		if ($query->num_rows() == 0)
 			return '0';