[AccessD] .Recordcount returns -1? <SOLVED>

Why do you think they were named "cursers?" <g>
Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: Sad Der [mailto:accessd666 at yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 4:55 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: RE: [AccessD] .Recordcount returns -1? <SOLVED>


AHHRG, thnx.

So close yet so far away...


--- Bryan Carbonnell <Bryan_Carbonnell at cbc.ca> wrote:
> adOpenDynamic cursor doesn't either, but
> adOpenStatic does.
> 
> I just fought with that this week.
> 
> Bryan Carbonnell
> bryan_carbonnell at cbc.ca
> 
> >>> Jdemarco at hshhp.org 10-Jul-03 9:51:03 AM >>>
> It also depends on the type of cursor. 
> adOpenForwardOnly won't return a record count while
> adOpenKeyset will.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Jim DeMarco
> Director of Product Development
> HealthSource/Hudson Health Plan
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark H [mailto:Lists at theopg.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 9:31 AM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem
> solving'
> Subject: RE: [AccessD] .Recordcount returns -1?
> 
> 
> Ado returns -1 if it can't get the recordcount, or
> the provider or
> cursor don't support recordcount. A real pain in the
> back side...
> 
> Mark
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com 
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On
> Behalf Of Sad Der
> Sent: 10 July 2003 14:13
> To: Acces User Group
> Subject: [AccessD] .Recordcount returns -1?
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> those damn 2 years that i've been Oracle-ing...
> 
> I use a ADODB recordset in my A2K application. With
> this recordset I get all date from a table. The
> table
> has 1 record.
> 
> When I use the code below rst.Recordcount returns
> -1.
> Why is that? MsgBox .Fields(0) returns 01/07/2003 So
> it should pick it up.
> 
> What am i missing?
> 
> thnx in advance,
> Sander
> 
>     Dim conn As ADODB.Connection        'db
> connection
>     Dim rst As ADODB.Recordset          'recordset
> returned by the query
>     Dim strSQL As String
>     
>     Set conn = CurrentProject.Connection
>     Set rst = New ADODB.Recordset
>     
>     strSQL = "SELECT date FROM tblActivity" 
> 
>     With rst
>         .ActiveConnection = conn
>         .Source = strSQL
>         .CursorType = adOpenDynamic
>         .Open
>         .MoveLast
>         .MoveFirst
>         MsgBox .Fields(0)
>     End With
>         
>     MsgBox rst.RecordCount
> 
> 
> 
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