Show only recent posts and not pages.

Hi

How can this code be altered so that only posts show and not pages.

<? php cypher_latestposts(); ?>

*/

function cypher_latestposts($before='', $after='<br />') {

	global $wpdb;
	$output = '';
	$max_posts = 1;	//Maximum posts to be displayed

	$request = "SELECT ID, post_title, post_date FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_status ='publish' ";
	$request .= "ORDER BY post_date DESC LIMIT $max_posts";
	$posts = $wpdb->get_results($request);

	if($posts){

		foreach ($posts as $post){
			$post_title = stripslashes($post->post_title);
			$post_link = stripslashes($post->ID);
			$post_date = stripslashes($post->post_date);

			//$output .= $before . $post_date . $after;
			$output .= $before . '<a href="?p=' . $post_link . '" rel="Bookmark" title="Permanent Link to ' . $post_title . '">' . $post_title . '</a>';
			$output .= $after;
		}
	}
	echo $output;
}
?>

The author’s website is down so I can’t ask him.

Regards
Bluepslayer