diff --git a/Global.cpp b/Global.cpp
index 11aba57..d7c7ca7 100644
--- a/Global.cpp
+++ b/Global.cpp
@@ -24,13 +24,9 @@ namespace jet {
    }
    
    void Global::addSession(coreutils::MString sessionId, __mysql *mysql) {
-      std::cout << "sessionId: " << sessionId << std::endl;
       if(sessionExists(sessionId))
 	coreutils::Exception("sessionid already exists.");
       sessions[sessionId] = mysql;
-
-      std::cout << "::count: " << sessions.size() << std::endl;
-      std::cout << "::" << sessionId << std::endl;
    }
    
    void Global::removeSession(coreutils::MString sessionId) {
@@ -101,7 +97,7 @@ namespace jet {
 
    void Global::renderVariableName(coreutils::ZString &variable, coreutils::MString &name, coreutils::MString &modifier, std::map<coreutils::MString, coreutils::MString> &lvariables) {
       while(!variable.ifNext("]")) {	       
-	 name << variable.getTokenInclude("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789._-");
+	 name << variable.getTokenInclude("#?ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789._-");
 	 if(variable.ifNext(";")) {	   
 	    renderVariableName(variable, modifier, modifier, lvariables);
 	    return;
@@ -111,7 +107,7 @@ namespace jet {
 	   name << getVariable(variable, lvariables);
 	 else if(variable.ifNext("]"))
 	   return;
-	 else if(!variable.ifNextInclude("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789._-")) 
+	 else if(!variable.ifNextInclude("#?ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789._-")) 
 	   throw coreutils::Exception("invalid variable name.");	 
       }	    
       return;
diff --git a/__for.cpp b/__for.cpp
index c4d16cf..ef42cc9 100644
--- a/__for.cpp
+++ b/__for.cpp
@@ -23,8 +23,14 @@ namespace jet {
       for(double ix = counter; ix <= variables["end"].asDouble(); ix += variables["step"].asDouble()) {
 	 variables["end"].reset();
 	 variables["step"].reset();	 
-	 if(nameDefined) 
-	   variables[variables["name"]] = ix;	 
+	 if(nameDefined) {
+	    if(!variableDefined("scope") || (variables["scope"] == "global"))
+	      global.variables[variables["name"]] = ix;
+	    else if(variables["scope"] == "local")
+	      local->variables[variables["name"]] = ix;
+	    else if(variables["scope"] == "parent")
+	      parent->local->variables[variables["name"]] = ix;
+	 }	 
 	 processContainer(container);
 	 container.reset();
       }         
diff --git a/__mysql.cpp b/__mysql.cpp
index a751e1d..4a1c435 100644
--- a/__mysql.cpp
+++ b/__mysql.cpp
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ namespace jet {
       
       if(!mysql)
 	throw coreutils::Exception("database and host parameters are not valid.");
-      
-      std::cout << "mysql: " << mysql << std::endl;
 
       processContainer(container);
       
@@ -63,9 +61,23 @@ namespace jet {
    }
    
    coreutils::ZString __mysql::getColumnValue(coreutils::ZString column) {
-      if(column == "#")
-	return NbrOfRows;
       MYSQL_FIELD *field;
+      if(column == "?#") {
+	 nbrOfColumns = (int)qFields;
+	 return nbrOfColumns;
+      } else if(column.ifNext("#")) {
+	 if(column.eod()) {
+	    nbrOfRows = (int)mysql_num_rows(result);
+	    return nbrOfRows;
+	 } else {
+	    std::cout << "[" << column.unparsed() << "]" << std::endl;
+	    int index = column.asInteger();
+	    std::cout << "integer: " << index << std::endl;
+	    field = mysql_fetch_field_direct(result, index - 1);
+	    return coreutils::ZString(field->name);	 
+	 }
+      }
+            
       for(int ix = 0; ix < qFields; ++ix) {
 	 field = mysql_fetch_field_direct(result, ix);
 	 if(column.equals((char *)field->name)) {
diff --git a/__mysql.h b/__mysql.h
index 1759065..07652eb 100644
--- a/__mysql.h
+++ b/__mysql.h
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ namespace jet {
       unsigned int qFields;
       coreutils::MString sessionId;
 
-      coreutils::MString NbrOfRows = "0";
+      coreutils::MString nbrOfRows = "0";
+      coreutils::MString nbrOfColumns = "0";
       
    };
 
diff --git a/tests/testdb.jet b/tests/testdb.jet
index ba6ab88..790257e 100755
--- a/tests/testdb.jet
+++ b/tests/testdb.jet
@@ -5,5 +5,10 @@
   <whilerow name="index" count="10" sessionid="1">
    $[1.id] $[1.text] $[1.value]
   </whilerow>
+Number of rows: $[1.#]
+Number of columns: $[1.?#]
+<for name="ix" start="1" end="$[1.?#]" step="1">
+Field $[ix] is $[1.#$[ix]]
+</for>
  </mysql>
 </jet>