>>Hi,
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>>(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.
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>>procedure MyProc
>> @cMyParam1 VarChar(20)
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>>Or, as in VFP procedure, the name could be anything? TIA.
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>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.
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>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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