ADO CreateParameter Method

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The CreateParameter method creates and returns a Parameter object containing the specified properties like name, type, direction, size, and value.

Note: This method does not automatically add the new Parameter to the collection. To add the Parameter to the Parameters Collection, use the Append property.

Syntax

Set objparameter=objcommand.CreateParameter (name,type,direction,size,value)

Parameter	Description
name	Optional. The name of the Parameter object.
type	Optional. One of the DataTypeEnum constants that specifies the data type for the Parameter object. Default is adEmpty. If you choose a variable-length data type, you will also need to specify the Size parameter or the Size property. If you specify adDecimal or adNumeric data type, you must also set the NumericScale and the Precision properties of the Parameter object.
direction	Optional. One of the ParameterDirectionEnum constants that defines the direction of the Parameter object. Default is adParamInput.
size	Optional. Specifies the length of a variable-length data type, if such a type was declared in the Type parameter. Default is zero.
value	Optional. The value of the Parameter object

DataTypeEnum Values

Specifies the data type of a Field, Parameter, or Property object

Constant	Value	Description
adEmpty	0	No value
adSmallInt	2	A 2-byte signed integer.
adInteger	3	A 4-byte signed integer.
adSingle	4	A single-precision floating-point value.
adDouble	5	A double-precision floating-point value.
adCurrency	6	A currency value
adDate	7	The number of days since December 30, 1899 + the fraction of a day.
adBSTR	8	A null-terminated character string.
adIDispatch	9	A pointer to an IDispatch interface on a COM object. Note: Currently not supported by ADO.
adError	10	A 32-bit error code
adBoolean	11	A boolean value.
adVariant	12	An Automation Variant. Note: Currently not supported by ADO.
adIUnknown	13	A pointer to an IUnknown interface on a COM object. Note: Currently not supported by ADO.
adDecimal	14	An exact numeric value with a fixed precision and scale.
adTinyInt	16	A 1-byte signed integer.
adUnsignedTinyInt	17	A 1-byte unsigned integer.
adUnsignedSmallInt	18	A 2-byte unsigned integer.
adUnsignedInt	19	A 4-byte unsigned integer.
adBigInt	20	An 8-byte signed integer.
adUnsignedBigInt	21	An 8-byte unsigned integer.
adFileTime	64	The number of 100-nanosecond intervals since January 1,1601
adGUID	72	A globally unique identifier (GUID)
adBinary	128	A binary value.
adChar	129	A string value.
adWChar	130	A null-terminated Unicode character string.
adNumeric	131	An exact numeric value with a fixed precision and scale.
adUserDefined	132	A user-defined variable.
adDBDate	133	A date value (yyyymmdd).
adDBTime	134	A time value (hhmmss).
adDBTimeStamp	135	A date/time stamp (yyyymmddhhmmss plus a fraction in billionths).
adChapter	136	A 4-byte chapter value that identifies rows in a child rowset
adPropVariant	138	An Automation PROPVARIANT.
adVarNumeric	139	A numeric value (Parameter object only).
adVarChar	200	A string value (Parameter object only).
adLongVarChar	201	A long string value.
adVarWChar	202	A null-terminated Unicode character string.
adLongVarWChar	203	A long null-terminated Unicode string value.
adVarBinary	204	A binary value (Parameter object only).
adLongVarBinary	205	A long binary value.
AdArray	0x2000	A flag value combined with another data type constant. Indicates an array of that other data type.

ParameterDirectionEnum Values

Specifies whether the Parameter represents an input parameter, an output parameter, both an input and an output parameter, or the return value from a stored procedure.

Constant	Value	Description
adParamUnknown	0	Direction is unknown
adParamInput	1	Input parameter
adParamOutput	2	Output parameter
adParamInputOutput	3	Both input and output parameter
adParamReturnValue	4	Return value

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