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Private Function Recs(ByVal connstring, ByVal sql)
    Const adOpenStatic = 3, adLockReadOnly = 1, adCmdText = &H0001
    Dim objCn, bErr1, bErr2, strErrDesc, objRs
    On Error Resume Next
    Set objCn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
    objCn.Open ConnString
    If Err Then 
        bErr1 = True
    Else
        Set objRs = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
        objRs.Open sql, objCn, _
            adOpenStatic, adLockReadOnly, adCmdText
        If objRs.BOF Then
            Recs = 0
        Else
            Recs = CLng( objRs.RecordCount )
        End If
        objRs.Close
        Set objRs = Nothing
        If Err Then 
            bErr2 = True
            strErrDesc = Err.description
        End If
    End If
    objCn.Close
    Set objCn = Nothing
    On Error GoTo 0
    If bErr1 Then
        Err.Raise 5109, "Recs Function", "Bad connection " & _
                "string. Database cannot be accessed."
        Recs = Null
    ElseIf bErr2 Then
        Err.Raise 5109, "Recs Function", strErrDesc
        Recs = Null
    End If
End Function
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