odbc_num_rows() function

hi, I m doing a database connectivity with MS Access Database now when i get the recordset with the following code $rec= odbc_exec($conn,$Qry); //executes without any error $num_records=odbc_num_rows($rec); //executes without any error print ($num_records); //prints -1 because it is written in the documentation of this function that it returns -1 with some drivers, so what should i do. then i use an alternate method for it which is $counter= 0; while (odbc_fetch_row($rec)) { $counter++; } print ($counter); //prints the total records but this alternate way is very time and resource consuming, any suggestions ??? Raheel Hussain House-2 , Block-8, Siddiqueabad Housing Society, Malir, Karachi, Pakistan. Phone : (92)(021) 4505808. Cell : (92)(021) 0320-5064609. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site