I have a question for the mighty monks...I can't figure out why recordsets I create with the Win32::OLE module, can't use the filter property. 
use strict;
use Win32::OLE;
use Win32::OLE::Const;
use Win32::OLE::Variant;
my $Constname = "Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2\\.0 Library";
my $ado_consts = Win32::OLE::Const->Load($Constname);
my $database = "somedb";
my $hostname = "somehost";
my $port = "someport";
my $user = "user";
my $password = "pass";

my $conn = Win32::OLE->new("ADODB.Connection");
$conn->{"ConnectionString"} = "Provider=SQLOLEDB.1;User ID=$user;Passw
+ord=$pass;Initial Catalog=$database;Data Source=$hostname";
$conn->open();
my $recordSet = Win32::OLE->new("ADODB.RecordSet");
my $sql = "select * from table";
$recordSet->{"ActiveConnection"} = $conn;
$recordSet->{"CursorLocation"} = 3;
$recordSet->{"CursorType"} = 1;
$recordSet->{"LockType"} = 3;
$recordSet->open($sql);

print $recordSet->Supports($ado_consts->{"adBookmark"})."\n";
my $myFilter = "Where Clause without the where";
$recordSer->Filter => $myFilter
while (! $recordSet->EOF) {
    print $recordSet->Fields(0)->value."\n";
    $recordSet->MoveNext;
    }
print "\n";

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now the supports function returns a 1 for 0x2000 or adBookmark so I should Be able to use the Filter Property, and i get an error instead telling me that the Filter Property doesn't exist. To be exact i get: 
Win32::OLE(0.1403) error 0x8002000e: "Invalid number of parameters"
    in METHOD/PROPERTYGET "Item" at (eval 409)[e:/PROGRA~1/ACTIVE~1//p
+erl5db.pl:
1556] line 2

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And i have also noticed that the Properties->Item value is undef, even though the Properties->Count values is 103. Whatever Wisdom the monks Give Would be Greatly Appreciated. Thanks In advance, ketema

In reply to OLE ADO & Win32 by ketema

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