$sql = "SELECT t.*, u.username, u.user_id, u2.username as user2, u2.user_id as id2, p.post_time, p.post_username
	FROM " . TOPICS_TABLE . " t, " . USERS_TABLE . " u, " . POSTS_TABLE . " p, " . USERS_TABLE . " u2
	WHERE (t.forum_id = $forum_id " . ( (intval($board_config['announcement_display_forum']) == 0) ? " OR t.topic_type = " . POST_GLOBAL_ANNOUNCE : '' ) . ")
		AND t.topic_poster = u.user_id
		AND p.post_id = t.topic_last_post_id
		AND p.poster_id = u2.user_id
		AND (t.topic_type = " . POST_ANNOUNCE . " OR t.topic_type = " . POST_GLOBAL_ANNOUNCE . ") 
	ORDER BY  t.topic_type DESC, t.topic_last_post_id DESC ,";
//-- fin mod : announces -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
if ( !($result = $db->sql_query($sql)) )
{
   message_die(GENERAL_ERROR, 'Could not obtain topic information', '', __LINE__, __FILE__, $sql);
}

$topic_rowset = array();
$total_announcements = 0;
while( $row = $db->sql_fetchrow($result) )
{
	$topic_rowset[] = $row;
	$total_announcements++;
}