Question

I am migrating oracle database to sql server 2005.

In oracle we used to have parameters in stored procedures like

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE WM_StoreMaster_GRID (
   SORTEXPRESSION           VARCHAR2,
   PAGEINDEX         IN OUT PLS_INTEGER)
IS
...

But in Sql Server can i use the parameters in the same way or is it mandatory to prefix all parameters with “@” sign?

i dont want to use @ prefix as it will require the web application to be re written to accomodate the changes.

Plz Help

Answer 1

No, all parameters in SQL must be prefixed with @.

Here is the documentation

Variable names must begin with an at (@) sign

And, a parameter is really just an exposed variable.