Question

When ever I try to access the RecordCount property, I always get a return value of -1. Below is my sample code.

Set oConn = Server.CreateObject ("ADODB.Connection")
oConn.Open Application("strConnectstring")
Set rs = Server.CreateObject ("ADODB.Recordset")
rs.ActiveConnection = oConn
SQL = "Publications_PicoSearchListing"
set rs = oConn.execute(SQL)

I’m not sure if I’m doing forwardCursor or dynamic cursors, or if the provider even supports the RecordCount property. How do I check if the provider supports RecordCount property or if I’m using either forwardCursor or dynamic cursors.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank You

Answer 1

For paging you can use the recordset.PageSize and recordset.AbsolutePage like this

Set rs = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
' make recordset use adUSEclient ( client side cursor)'
rs.CursorLocation = 3
' make recordset use the adOpenStatic cursor ( scrollable )'
rs.CursorType = 3
rs.PageSize = RecordsPerPage

rs.Open sql, conn
' go to selected page'
if not rs.EOF and not rs.BOF then
    rs.AbsolutePage = page_you_want_to_go
end if

you then have access to recordset.PageCount to know the number of pages returned..