Count(Field) does not return a numerical value in ASP

[siftach]

I'm trying to display a query in ASP. The qeury looks something like this:

SELECT Count(CallNum) AS TotalCalls, Sum(CallLen) AS TotalLength, AdvNumber FROM CallLogs GROUP BY AdvNumber;

For some reason, when I try to get the value of TotalCalls, I do not get a numerical value and cannot perform any calculation on it, but TotalLength is ok. Why does Count return a non numerical value?

 

[swampBoogie]

Use

option=16384

in your connectionstring

 

[siftach]

Thanks. What's the meaning of 16384?