>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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As an addition to John, KB-Q194973 says :
"When you request the RecordCount for a serverside recordset, a -1 may return. This occurs with ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) version 2.0 when the CursorType is adOpenForwardonly or adOpenDynamic. This occurs with ADO 1.5 only when the cursortype is adOpenForwardonly. Testing with the OLEDB provider for JET and SQL Server produces varying results, depending on the provider. "

It says this happens on serverside. CursorLoaction set to adUseClient returns correct results. Hope this helps.
Cetin