<p>My stored procedure has an output parameter:</p>

<pre><code>@ID INT OUT
</code></pre>

<p>How can I retrieve this using ado.net?</p>

<pre><code>using (SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(...))
{
    SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("sproc", conn);
    cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;

    // add parameters

    conn.Open();

    // *** read output parameter here, how?
    conn.Close();
}
</code></pre>

Not my code, but a good example i think
source:
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/PrintSearchContent.asp?LINKID=624
```
```
using System; 
using System.Data; 
using System.Data.SqlClient; 

class OutputParams 
{ 
    [STAThread] 
    static void Main(string[] args) 
    { 

    using( SqlConnection cn = new SqlConnection("server=(local);Database=Northwind;user id=sa;password=;")) 
    { 
        SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("CustOrderOne", cn); 
        cmd.CommandType=CommandType.StoredProcedure ; 

        SqlParameter parm= new SqlParameter("@CustomerID",SqlDbType.NChar) ; 
        parm.Value="ALFKI"; 
        parm.Direction =ParameterDirection.Input ; 
        cmd.Parameters.Add(parm); 

        SqlParameter parm2= new SqlParameter("@ProductName",SqlDbType.VarChar); 
        parm2.Size=50; 
        parm2.Direction=ParameterDirection.Output; 
        cmd.Parameters.Add(parm2); 

        SqlParameter parm3=new SqlParameter("@Quantity",SqlDbType.Int); 
        parm3.Direction=ParameterDirection.Output; 
        cmd.Parameters.Add(parm3);

        cn.Open(); 
        cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); 
        cn.Close(); 

        Console.WriteLine(cmd.Parameters["@ProductName"].Value); 
        Console.WriteLine(cmd.Parameters["@Quantity"].Value.ToString());
        Console.ReadLine(); 
    } 
}
```
```