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ADO: ActiveX Data Objects
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ADO: ActiveX Data Objects

by Jason T Roff
June 2001
Intermediate to advanced
620 pages
19h 29m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

Parameter Object — (Versions 2.0, 2.1, 2.5, 2.6)

Synopsis

The Parameter object contains information for one variable within a SQL statement or stored procedures. Combined, Parameter objects belong to the Parameters collection of Command objects.

Applies To

Parameters

This collection contains a group of Parameter objects that describe parameters belonging to the associated Command object.

Collections

Properties

Returns a Properties collection class that contains characteristics specific to the Parameter object for the currently used provider.

Methods

AppendChunk

Append data to a large data or binary field within the current Parameter object.

Properties

Attributes

Sets or returns specific characteristics about the Parameter object.

Direction

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

Name

Specifies the name for the current Parameter object.

NumericScale

Indicates the scale of numeric values in the current Parameter object.

Precision

Represents the degree of precision of a numeric value within the current Parameter object.

Size

Returns the maximum size of a Parameter object’s value.

Type

Identifies the current object’s datatype.

Value

Indicates the value assigned to the current Parameter object.

Description

Parameters allow SQL statements or stored procedures to be created that can be “altered” at runtime by plugging in values for specific variables. A Parameter object contains metadata ...

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