Hey there, i have a question concerning ADO programming in VB if i have this line of code: myDB.execute "update tableX set values x=1 , y = 2 where some condition", RecordsAffected this would return the records affected by the query in the variable RecordsAffected. my question is, if i don't put the parameter RecordsAffected , does the call still returns the that number? to be more clear in context: i have a remote server and i want to minmize the traffic as much as i can, so if by removing RecordsAffected i don't get a repsonse back again i would remove it, if the response is returned even if it's removed i'll keep it. thanks.