Getting return value from stored procedure in ADO.NET

Question

I know that there is another question with nearly the same title, but it doesn\'t answer my question. I have a stored procedure, which returns the unique identifier after in

Answer 1

Just tried on my box and this works for me:

In SQL Server:

DROP PROCEDURE TestProc;
GO
CREATE PROCEDURE TestProc
AS
   RETURN 123;
GO

In C#

        string cnStr = "Server=.;Database=Sandbox;Integrated Security=sspi;";
        using (SqlConnection cn = new SqlConnection(cnStr)) {
            cn.Open();
            using (SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("TestProc", cn)) {
                cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
                SqlParameter returnValue = new SqlParameter();
                returnValue.Direction = ParameterDirection.ReturnValue;
                cmd.Parameters.Add(returnValue);

                cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
                Assert.AreEqual(123, (int)returnValue.Value);
            }
        }