# Finding Number of Columns
## Lab 9: SQL Injection - Finding Number of Columns
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in this case we need to find the number of columns, the idea is to user the SQL operator 'ORDER BY' to simulate a sorting of column, if we'll have a SQL error for the column with number columns\_number + 1, it means that the columns\_number tested was correct
Payload -> `' ORDER BY columns_number+1 #`
No SQL error, than 5 columns isn't the correct answer, continuing 10 is the correct answer because `' ORDER BY 11 #` payload generates a SQL error:
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