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Parameter names newbie question
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Forum:
Microsoft SQL Server
Category:
Stored procedures, Triggers, UDFs
Environment versions
SQL Server:
SQL Server 2005
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Thread ID:
01544332
Message ID:
01544336
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18
>>Hi,
>>
>>(sorry for many newbie questions today). Do names of the parameters defined in a stored procedure have to be the same as names defined in the calling procedure? For example, if I am creating a parameter in a .net method and I name the parameter @cMyParam1, exactly the same name has to be in the stored procedure? E.g.
>>
>>
>>procedure MyProc
>>    @cMyParam1 VarChar(20)
>>
>>
>>Or, as in VFP procedure, the name could be anything? TIA.
>
>It depends on how you call the SP. If you use named parameters, they must match. If you simply do
>execute MyProc 'Value1', 'Value2'
>then you don't specify name, but you must pass all parameters in the correct order even optional ones.
>
>So, I prefer to use named parameters always.

I must be using named parameters because I get an error if the names are not matching exactly. Thank you.
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