Question

I am trying to run two WHILE NOT loops for a recordset. One of the loops counts the number of items whilst the other prints the results. I cannot alter the SQL query, so this is the counting method I’m left with.

setPeopleCount = 0
While NOT rsSetContents.EOF
    setPeopleCount = setPeopleCount + 1
rsSetContents.MoveNext
Wend

While NOT rsSetContents.EOF
    Response.Write rs.Fields("exampleItem")&"<br>"
rsSetContents.MoveNext
Wend

My problem is running the two loops. After the first loop has finished the count, the record cursor is at the end of the file, so when the next loop needs to run – it doesn’t because EOF is true.

How can I reset the cursor back to the beginning of the file so the second loop can run?

Answer 1

You can use MoveFirst.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms677527(v=vs.85).aspx