diff --git a/reference/pgsql/functions/pg-fetch-object.xml b/reference/pgsql/functions/pg-fetch-object.xml
index 7043801ab4..3134c490b3 100644
--- a/reference/pgsql/functions/pg-fetch-object.xml
+++ b/reference/pgsql/functions/pg-fetch-object.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.17 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.18 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/pgsql.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
 <refentry id="function.pg-fetch-object">
  <refnamediv>
@@ -141,13 +141,11 @@ if (!$db_conn) {
 
 $qu = pg_query($db_conn, "SELECT * FROM books ORDER BY author");
 
-$row = 0; // postgres needs a row counter 
 
-while ($data = pg_fetch_object($qu, $row)) {
+while ($data = pg_fetch_object($qu)) {
   echo $data->author . " (";
   echo $data->year . "): ";
   echo $data->title . "<br />";
-  $row++;
 }
 
 pg_free_result($qu);