I also just tried this:
http://www.photopost.com/forum/1233256-post2.html
$galusers = $db->query("SHOW TABLE STATUS LIKE ". TABLE_PREFIX . "user");
this
$galusers = $db->query("SHOW TABLE STATUS LIKE ". TABLE_PREFIX . "'user'");
and by default it comes with one '
$galusers = $db->query("SHOW TABLE STATUS LIKE ". TABLE_PREFIX . "user'");
all db error
I also want to note that my vbulletin install has a table prefix of vb_