Search Results indexing across multiple pages

This code is really simple but you have to know how request.querystrings work.

<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" CODEPAGE="1252"%>
<%' you need to include your database mappath location%>
<!--#Include file="cn.asp"-->

<%
'create a recordset object
Set rItems = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")

'set the cursor location and type
rItems.CursorLocation = 3' adUseClient
rItems.CursorType = 3 'adOpenStatic

'number of rows to cache at a time. Should be set to the same as PageSize
rItems.CacheSize = 10

'number of items to display per 'page'
rItems.PageSize = 10

 dim rs
 dim cn
 
 set cn = Server.CreateObject("Adodb.Connection")
 cn.Open conn
 sqlstring = "Select * From staffnames" 'change this to suit your db
 rItems.open sqlstring, cn

'check if empty
If rItems.EOF Then
    'no rows
Else

    'set current page
if request.QueryString("page") <> "" then ' if page= nothing this you are on the first page without this if statement you would get an error like Arguments are of the wrong type, are out of acceptable range, or are in conflict with one another.
    rItems.AbsolutePage = Request.QueryString("page")
end if
    'get the total number of records
    nItemCount = rItems.RecordCount

    'get the number of pages
    nPageCount = rItems.PageCount

    'loop through an display the items in the recordset
    Do While Not rItems.EOF and nItem < rItems.PageSize
  'displays records
  response.write rItems.fields("Name")
  %><br /><%

        'do something
        rItems.MoveNext 'move to the next record
        nItem=nItem+1 'increment count

    Loop
End If

'close the recordset
rItems.Close

'and destroy the object...
Set rItems = Nothing