Can not divide in ASP!

[Rick H]

This is driving me up the wall! I have been trying to get this ever so 'simple' code to work for the last hour!

All I want to do is divide a number by 2

this is what I have

<%
...
if rstFound.bof = false then found_rows = rstFound.Fields("foundrows").value
rstFound.Close
 
page_count = found_rows / 2
 
%>Found <%=page_count%>

this does not work!! found_rows is 44 so page count should be 22. If I remove the /2 it works fine, else I get a 500 error.

I've also tried * 0.5 and this does not work either
Help!