How to count records in ASP classic

asp-classic

I'm not quite familiar with programming ASP classic. I just need a small code to run on my webpage. How do i count the record of the returned query?

<%
Set rsscroll = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
Dim strSQLscroll, rsscroll
strSQLscroll = "SELECT * FROM tblItems where expiration_date > getdate() order by expiration_date desc;"
rsscroll.open strSQLscroll,oConn
%>

thanks,

Best Solution

It is possible (but not recommended) to use the RecordCount property on the Recordset object as follows:

iTotalRecords = rsscroll.RecordCount

If your table is really large, this can take a long time to run. I would instead run a separate SQL query to get the total records

SQL = "SELECT COUNT(*) AS TotalRecords FROM tblItems WHERE expiration_date > getdate() "
set rsRecordCount = conn.Execute(SQL)
if not rsRecordCount.Eof then
  iTotalRecords = rsRecordCount.Fields("TotalRecords")
else
  iTotalRecords = 0
end if
rsRecordCount.Close
set rsRecordCount = nothing
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