Creates a new query parameter. Returns a Parameter object that represents the new query parameter.
Syntax
expression.Add(Name, DataType)
expression Required. An expression that returns a Parameters object.
Name Required String. The name of the specified parameter. The parameter name should match the parameter clause in the SQL statement.
DataType Optional Variant. The data type of the parameter. Can be one of the following XlParameterDataType constants:
| xlParamTypeBigInt
xlParamTypeBinary xlParamTypeBit xlParamTypeChar xlParamTypeDate xlParamTypeDecimal xlParamTypeDouble xlParamTypeFloat xlParamTypeInteger xlParamTypeLongVarBinary xlParamTypeWChar |
xlParamTypeNumeric
xlParamTypeLongVarChar xlParamTypeReal xlParamTypeSmallInt xlParamTypeTime xlParamTypeTimeStamp xlParamTypeTinyInt xlParamTypeUnknown xlParamTypeVarBinary xlParamTypeVarChar |
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.