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Parameters.Add Method

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Excel Developer Reference

Creates a new query parameter.

Syntax

expression.Add(Name, iDataType)

expression   A variable that represents a Parameters object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
Name Required String The name of the specified parameter. The parameter name should match the parameter clause in the SQL statement.
iDataType Optional Variant The data type of the parameter. Can be any XlParameterDataType constant. These values correspond to ODBC data types. They indicate the type of value the ODBC driver is expecting to receive. Microsoft Excel and the ODBC driver manager will coerce the parameter value given in Microsoft Excel into the correct data type for the driver.

Return Value
A Parameter object that represents the new query parameter.

Example

This example changes the SQL statement for query table one. The clause "(city=?)" indicates that the query is a parameter query, and the value of city is set to the constant "Oakland."

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Set qt = Sheets("sheet1").QueryTables(1)
qt.Sql = "SELECT * FROM authors  WHERE (city=?)"
Set param1 = qt.Parameters.Add("City Parameter", _
    xlParamTypeVarChar)
param1.SetParam xlConstant, "Oakland"
qt.Refresh

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