Returning Recordcount with ADO
Tested with VB6 SP1
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The following ADO code should successfully return a RecordCount for the Shippers table in the Northwind sample database that comes with Visual Basic, before and after updating the database with a new value.
Test the following code in New StdEXE project.

1. Add a Reference to the Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.0 Library.

2. Add two Label controls to the Form.

3. Paste the following code in the General Declarations section of your code window.

Option Explicit
Private cn As New ADODB.Connection
Private cmd As New ADODB.Command
Private rs As New ADODB.Recordset

Private Sub Form_Load()
    ' This is the key step, you must use a Client Side Cursor.
    cn.CursorLocation = adUseClient
    ' You will have to change the path to point at the NorthWind database.
    cn.Open "Provider=MSDASQL;" & _
            "Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};" & _
            "DBQ=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VB98\NWIND.MDB;"
    cmd.CommandType = adCmdText
    cmd.CommandText = "Select * from Shippers"
    Set cmd.ActiveConnection = cn
    ' Open the Recordset.
    rs.Open cmd, , adOpenKeyset, adLockOptimistic
    ' Display the record count before adding a new record.
    Label1.Caption = "Records in recordset = " & rs.RecordCount
    ' Add a new record.
    rs.AddNew
    rs.Fields("CompanyName") = "Federal Express"
    rs.Update
    ' Display the record count after adding a new record.
    Label2.Caption = "Records in recordset = " & rs.RecordCount
End Sub