splanton

asked on 12/8/2013

Classic ASP does not let me return @@ROWCOUNT from SQL SERVER

I have a classic ASP statement that throws the following (via ADO) to SQL Server:

SELECT @@ROWCOUNT AS NoRecords,
SP.SpeakerId,
SP.Title,
SP.FirstName,
SP.LastName,
SP.Letters,
SP.Tags,
SP.SpeakerReference
FROM Speaker SP 
INNER JOIN Client CL ON CL.ClientId = SP.ClientId 
WHERE 
	(
		(
			(SP.Title LIKE '%a%' AND SP.Title <> 'Mr' AND SP.Title <> 'Ms') OR 
			(SP.FirstName LIKE '%a%') OR 
			(SP.LastName LIKE '%a%') OR 
			(SP.Letters LIKE '%a%')
		) AND
		(
			(CL.FirstName LIKE '%fay%') OR 
			(CL.LastName LIKE '%fay%') OR 
			(CL.CompanyName LIKE '%fay%') OR 
			(SP.Biography LIKE '%fay%') OR 
			(CL.Email LIKE '%fay%')
		)
	) 
ORDER BY SP.FirstName, SP.LastName;

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In SQL Server Management Studio I get the Number of records correctly returned as 'NoRecords' in my results.

If I run the same statement via VBScript/ASP/ADO I always get '0'.

Can someone please shed some light on this?

Regards,

ASPMicrosoft SQL Server

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splanton

8/22/2022 - Mon

Scott Fell

12/8/2013

Is this a stored procedure? If it is, you would call it like this example (using your own parameters) https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28234393/vbscript-getting-a-recordset-back-from-a-stored-procedure.html?anchorAnswerId=39477170#a39477170

response.write(ALtest("abc123"))

Function ALtest(stockCode)


	Set cmd = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Command")
With cmd
   ' Set up DB connection to use, set the type of SQL command
   	.ActiveConnection = MyConnectionString
   	.CommandType = adCmdStoredProc
   	.CommandText = "ALtest" 
   
   	.Parameters.Append .CreateParameter("@p_StockCode",adVarChar, adParamInput,50)
   	.Parameters("@p_StockCode") = stockCode

 
   set rs = .Execute
End With
 
  ALtest= rs(0)

set cmd = nothing
set rs = nothing

end Function

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splanton

12/8/2013

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No it is NOT a stored Procedure.

As I said in my original post If you run the code against MY database in SQL Server MS I get NoRecord = 10 (in this particular case).

When I try and execute the SAME statement from Classic ASP (via ADO) it always returns 0 in NoRecords.

This highlights a difference in the way MS handles the statement and ADO handles the statement - I want to know how to get this statement working in Classic ASP so that it returns the correct number of rows.

Regards,

Dave Baldwin

12/8/2013

It appears that @@ROWCOUNT can return a different value depending on the statements it is used with. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187316.aspx

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splanton

12/9/2013

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Looks like I got 'fooled' by @@ROWCOUNT - must have just been 'lucky' with my results I guess. :)

Thanks for the input guys - even if it is to point out I have the wrong end of the stick - learning is fun!

Will be using count() instead with a group by.

Many thanks and kind regards.