VB6 ADODB.Recordset RecordCount property always returns -1

Question

I am trying to get some old VB6 code to work with SQL Server Compact.

I can connect, open the database and all seems well. I can run insert select commands which

Answer 1

Below code might help you,

set conn = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection") 
conn.open "" 
set rs = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset") 
sql = "SELECT columns FROM table WHERE [...]" 
rs.open sql,conn,1,1 
if not rs.eof then 
    nr = rs.recordcount 
    response.write "There were " & nr & " matches." 
    ' ... process real results here ... 
else 
    response.write "No matches." 
end if 
rs.close: set rs = nothing 
conn.close: set conn = nothing