Dan as I said I am no familiar with that object. I take that from .NET help
OleDbCommand objCmd = new OleDbCommand("select * from customers where CustomerID = @myParam");
objCmd.Parameters.Add("@myParam", OleDbType.VarChar, 6).Value = "ALFKI";
Against Stupidity the Gods themselves Contend in Vain - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
The only thing normal about database guys is their tables.