You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'ERROR: SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT p.productID) FROM ?#PRODUCTS_TABLE p where catego' at line 1 SQL query : ERROR: SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT p.productID) FROM ?#PRODUCTS_TABLE p where categoryID>1 and enabled=1 and ( LOWER(name) LIKE '%UNKNOWN_PLACEHOLDER_0UNKNOWN_PLACEHOLDER_1UNKNOWN_PLACEHOLDER_2UNKNOWN_PLACEHOLDER_3+UNKNOWN_PLACEHOLDER_4+hipone+tv003''"%' OR LOWER(product_code) LIKE '%UNKNOWN_PLACEHOLDER_5UNKNOWN_PLACEHOLDER_6UNKNOWN_PLACEHOLDER_7UNKNOWN_PLACEHOLDER_8+UNKNOWN_PLACEHOLDER_9+hipone+tv003''"%' OR LOWER(mas_id) LIKE '%UNKNOWN_PLACEHOLDER_10UNKNOWN_PLACEHOLDER_11UNKNOWN_PLACEHOLDER_12UNKNOWN_PLACEHOLDER_13+UNKNOWN_PLACEHOLDER_14+hipone+tv003''"%' OR LOWER(nametype) LIKE '%UNKNOWN_PLACEHOLDER_15UNKNOWN_PLACEHOLDER_16UNKNOWN_PLACEHOLDER_17UNKNOWN_PLACEHOLDER_18+UNKNOWN_PLACEHOLDER_19+hipone+tv003''"%' OR LOWER(comp) LIKE '%UNKNOWN_PLACEHOLDER_20UNKNOWN_PLACEHOLDER_21UNKNOWN_PLACEHOLDER_22UNKNOWN_PLACEHOLDER_23+UNKNOWN_PLACEHOLDER_24+hipone+tv003''"%' OR LOWER(contry) LIKE '%UNKNOWN_PLACEHOLDER_25UNKNOWN_PLACEHOLDER_26UNKNOWN_PLACEHOLDER_27UNKNOWN_PLACEHOLDER_28+UNKNOWN_PLACEHOLDER_29+hipone+tv003''"%' OR LOWER(productID) LIKE '%UNKNOWN_PLACEHOLDER_30UNKNOWN_PLACEHOLDER_31UNKNOWN_PLACEHOLDER_32UNKNOWN_PLACEHOLDER_33+UNKNOWN_PLACEHOLDER_34+hipone+tv003''"%' )