>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Given your previous post I guess you no longer need it but, in pseudo-code:

SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand();
>>>>>>>            //Congfigure command
>>>>>>>            SqlParameter param = new SqlParameter(Parameters[2, 0], Parameters[2, 1]);
>>>>>>>            param.Direction = ParameterDirection.InputOutput;
>>>>>>>            //etc
>>>>>>>            command.Parameters.Add(param);
>>>>>>>            //Add other params , execute....
>>>>>>>            var v =  command.Parameters["@Param3"].Value;

>>>>>>
>>>>>>Can you think of why when I am trying to apply the above code, C# compiler complaints that 'object does not contain a definition for 'Value'". This is on the very last line where Parameters value is retrieved. And when I entry the open bracket key, right after the 'Parameters' Intellisense shows that object List parameter is int Index. What am I missing?
>>>>>
>>>>>Can you show the code you're trying?
>>>>
>>>>I think the difference is in how I create Parameters collection (as following):
>>>>
>>>>

>>>>IDbDataParameter param = oCommand.CreateParameter();
>>>>

>>>>
>>>>and the way Viv created them:
>>>>
>>>>

>>>>SqlParameter param = new SqlParameter(Parameters[2, 0], Parameters[2, 1]);
>>>>

Not sure why that wouldn't work. Assuming the command is DBCommand where does your code differ from this:

          System.Data.Common.DbCommand command = new SqlCommand();
>>>            System.Data.IDbDataParameter p = command.CreateParameter();
>>>            p.ParameterName = "@Param3";
>>>            p.Direction = ParameterDirection.InputOutput;
>>>            p.Value = cVal3;
>>>            //etc...
>>>            command.Parameters.Add(p);
>>>            var v = command.Parameters["@Param3"].Value;

>>
>>My code is almost exactly as you have it. In place of your //etc I call oCommand.ExecuteNonQuery() (and I tried oCommandExecuteScalar() but the same result). But obviously since this code work for you, I am missing something.
>>
>>Question. When you press '[' after the Parameters (last line) what does your Intellisense show?
>
>1 of 2:
>System.Data.Common.DbParameter DbParameterCollection[int index]
>System.Data.Common.DbParameter DbParameterCollection[string parameterName]
>
>I'm using the second. What happens if you split it:

   var v = command.Parameters["@Param3"];
>            var v2 = v.Value;

I think I found what my problem is. Sorry for wasting your time. Thank you (and Naomi) for your help.