$connection = mysql_connect($host,$user,$pass) or die (mysql_errno().": ".mysql_error()."<BR>");
mysql_select_db($dbname);    
$sql = "select * from links";
$query = mysql_query($sql);
if (mysql_num_rows($query)) {

	//moved the table header up here, out of the loop so that it only executes once
	//everything else below will all be part of the same table
	print '<table width="60%">';
	print '<tr><th>URL</th><th>Description</th></tr>';
	
	while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($query))  {
		$url = $row['url'];
		$description = $row['description'];
		echo $check = count($row);
      

		print '<tr>';
                print '<td>';	
		print $url;
		print '</td>';
		print '<td>';	
		print $description;
		print '</td>';
		print '</tr>';
	}
}

//moved the table end tag out of the loop for the same reason as above
print '</table>';