>>I am using the following in VFP6 to pull records from a SQL Server 7 database.
>>
>>oConn=CREATEOBJECT("ADODB.Connection")
>>WITH oConn
>> .Provider = "SQLOLEDB.1"
>> .ConnectionString = " Persist Security Info = False;User ID = sa;Initial Catalog = Portfolio;Data Source = SCM_TWO2"
>> .Open
>>ENDWITH
>>
>>lcselectstr = A very long SQL Statement
>>oRs=CREATEOBJECT("ADODB.RecordSet")
>>oRs.Open(lcselectstr,oConn,3,4)
>>?oRs.RecordCount
>>
>>The data comes over just the way I want it but the RecordCount Property of the RecordSet Object returns a value of -1.
>>Any ideas why this occurs?
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If you don't set CursorType property it defaults to "forward only" cursor. With this type of cursors Recordcount returns -1.
>Cetin

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Ooops. I passed over the parameters :) Thanks JVP was around.
Cetin