diff --git a/examples/meshtastic/cpp/qt.cpp b/examples/meshtastic/cpp/qt.cpp
index c38903e..caf6077 100644
--- a/examples/meshtastic/cpp/qt.cpp
+++ b/examples/meshtastic/cpp/qt.cpp
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ QVariant QT::iniDb(const QVariant& vName) {
   return vName;
 }
 
-QVariant QT::sqlQuery(const QVariant& vQuery, const QVariant& vValues, const QVariant& vRows) {
+QVariant QT::sqlQuery(const QVariant& vQuery, const QVariant& vValues, const QVariant& vCols) {
   QVariantList results;
   QSqlQuery sqlQuery(db);
   if (db.open()) {
@@ -182,11 +182,11 @@ QVariant QT::sqlQuery(const QVariant& vQuery, const QVariant& vValues, const QVa
       sqlQuery.addBindValue(value);
     }
     if (sqlQuery.exec()) {
-      auto rows = vRows.toInt();
+      auto cols = vCols.toInt();
       while (sqlQuery.next()) {
-        if (rows > 1) {
+        if (cols > 1) {
           QVariantList list;
-          for (auto r = 0; r < rows; r++) {
+          for (auto r = 0; r < cols; r++) {
             list << sqlQuery.value(r);
           }
           results << QVariant(list);
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ QVariant QT::sqlQuery(const QVariant& vQuery, const QVariant& vValues, const QVa
           results << sqlQuery.value(0);
         }
       }
-      if (!rows && query.startsWith("insert", Qt::CaseInsensitive)) {
+      if (!cols && query.startsWith("insert", Qt::CaseInsensitive)) {
         results << sqlQuery.lastInsertId();
       }
       db.close();
diff --git a/examples/meshtastic/lisp/db.lisp b/examples/meshtastic/lisp/db.lisp
index bbf998a..ac93b49 100644
--- a/examples/meshtastic/lisp/db.lisp
+++ b/examples/meshtastic/lisp/db.lisp
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 (defvar *file* nil)
 
 (defun query (query &rest values)
-  (let ((rows (and (x:starts-with "select" query)
+  (let ((cols (and (x:starts-with "select" query)
                    (1+ (count #\, (subseq query 0 (search "from" query)))))))
-    (qrun* (qt:sql-query qt:*cpp* query values rows))))
+    (qrun* (qt:sql-query qt:*cpp* query values cols))))
 
 (defun ini ()
   (setf *file* (app:in-data-path "db"))