--- class.t3lib_loaddbgroup.php.orig	2010-11-07 17:15:09.000000000 +0100
+++ class.t3lib_loaddbgroup.php	2010-11-07 17:16:34.000000000 +0100
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
 	var $MM_match_fields = array();	// array of fields value pairs that should match while SELECT and will be written into MM table if $MM_insert_fields is not set
 	var $MM_insert_fields = array();	// array of fields and value pairs used for insert in MM table
 	var $MM_table_where = ''; // extra MM table where
+        var $foreignField; // the foreign field
 
 
 	/**
@@ -169,6 +170,8 @@
 		next($this->tableArray);
 		$this->secondTable = key($this->tableArray);	// If the second table is set and the ID number is less than zero (later) then the record is regarded to come from the second table...
 
+                        // Set the foreignField to use is later to update the count
+                $this->foreignField = $conf['foreign_field'];
 			// Now, populate the internal itemArray and tableArray arrays:
 		if ($MMtable)	{	// If MM, then call this function to do that:
 			if ($MMuid)	{
@@ -334,7 +337,6 @@
 	 * @return	void
 	 */
 	function writeMM($MM_tableName,$uid,$prependTableName=0)	{
-
 		if ($this->MM_is_foreign)	{	// in case of a reverse relation
 			$uidLocal_field = 'uid_foreign';
 			$uidForeign_field = 'uid_local';
@@ -433,6 +435,27 @@
 						$this->updateRefIndex($val['table'], $val['id']);
 					}
 				}
+
+                                // update the value of the opposite table
+                                if ($this->MM_is_foreign)	{
+                                    //count the relations
+                                    $whereClause = $uidForeign_field . " = " . $val['id'];
+                                    $count = $GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB']->exec_SELECTcountRows('*', $MM_tableName, $whereClause);
+
+                                    //update the count
+                                    $whereClause = "uid = " . $val['id'];
+                                    $GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB']->exec_UPDATEquery($this->MM_oppositeTable, $whereClause, array($this->MM_oppositeField => $count));
+                                }
+                                else {
+                                    //count the relations
+                                    $whereClause = $uidForeign_field . " = " . $val['id'];
+                                    $count = $GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB']->exec_SELECTcountRows('*', $MM_tableName, $whereClause);
+
+                                    //update the count
+                                    $whereClause = "uid = " . $val['id'];
+                                    $GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB']->exec_UPDATEquery($tablename, $whereClause, array($this->foreignField => $count));
+                                }
+                                
 			}
 
 				// Delete all not-used relations:
@@ -457,19 +480,41 @@
 							$updateRefIndex_records[] = array($this->firstTable,$mmItem);
 						}
 					}
+
 				}
 				$deleteAddWhere = ' AND ('.implode(' OR ', $removeClauses).')';
 				$GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB']->exec_DELETEquery($MM_tableName, $uidLocal_field.'='.intval($uid).$deleteAddWhere.$additionalWhere_tablenames.$additionalWhere);
 
+                                if (!$this->MM_is_foreign) {
+                                        $whereClause = $uidForeign_field . " = " . $mmItem[1];
+                                        $count = $GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB']->exec_SELECTcountRows('*', $MM_tableName, $whereClause);
+
+                                        //update the count
+                                        $whereClause = "uid = " . $mmItem[1];
+                                        $GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB']->exec_UPDATEquery($tablename, $whereClause, array($this->foreignField => $count));
+                                }
+
 					// Update ref index:
 				foreach($updateRefIndex_records as $pair)	{
 					$this->updateRefIndex($pair[0],$pair[1]);
-				}
+
+                                        // update the value of the opposite table
+                                        //count the relations
+                                        $whereClause = $uidLocal_field . " = " . $pair[1];
+                                        $count = $GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB']->exec_SELECTcountRows('*', $MM_tableName, $whereClause);
+
+                                        //update the count
+                                        $whereClause = "uid = " . $pair[1];
+                                        $GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB']->exec_UPDATEquery($this->MM_oppositeTable, $whereClause, array($this->MM_oppositeField => $count));
+				}                                
+                                
 			}
 
 				// Update ref index; In tcemain it is not certain that this will happen because if only the MM field is changed the record itself is not updated and so the ref-index is not either. This could also have been fixed in updateDB in tcemain, however I decided to do it here ...
 			$this->updateRefIndex($this->currentTable,$uid);
+
 		}
+
 	}
 
 	/**