how to count records and display a field.

[joppeter88]

Please help me solve my problem.

I'm making a program that counts the number of records in my database.

SqlQuery = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM emp_tbl WHERE lname LIKE '%" & txtSearch.Text & "%' or fname LIKE '%" & txtSearch.Text & "%' "
 
 
With SqlCommand
    .CommandText = SqlQuery
    .Connection = sConnection
    .ExecuteNonQuery()
End With
dim temp = SqlCommand.ExecuteReader()
If temp.Read = False Then
    MsgBox("Name not found.")
    temp.Close()
Else
    id = temp("empid")
    count = temp.GetValue(0)
    MsgBox("There is only " & count & " ID number matching your search." & id)
    temp.Close()
End If

if the txtSearch matches only one record then a message box would pop out and display the id number of the matching record.

so far I was only able to display the number of record but I would get an error in displaying the id number.

[Rabbit]

Your query doesn't return empid.