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description: "SQLBindParam Mapping"
title: "SQLBindParam Mapping | Microsoft Docs"
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ms.date: "01/19/2017"
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# SQLBindParam Mapping
**SQLBindParam** cannot truly be called deprecated because it was never there in ODBC; however, it still represents duplicated functionality - the Driver Manager needs to export it because ISO and Open Group-compliant applications will be using it. Because **SQLBindParameter** contains all the functionality of **SQLBindParam**, **SQLBindParam** will be mapped on top of **SQLBindParameter** (when the underlying driver is an ODBC *3.x* driver). An ODBC *3.x* driver does not need to implement **SQLBindParam**.  
  
## Remarks  
 When the following call to **SQLBindParam** is made:  
  
```  
SQLBindParam(   StatementHandle,    ParameterNumber,    ValueType,    ParameterType,    ColumnSize,    DecimalDigits,    ParameterValuePtr,    StrLen_or_IndPtr)  
```  
  
 the Driver Manager calls **SQLBindParameter** in the driver as follows:  
  
```  
SQLBindParameter(   StatementHandle,    ParameterNumber,    SQL_PARAM_INPUT,    ValueType,    ParameterType,    ColumnSize,    DecimalDigits,    ParameterValuePtr,    BufferLength,    StrLen_or_IndPtr)  
```  
  
 See [ODBC 64-Bit Information](../../../odbc/reference/odbc-64-bit-information.md), if your application will run on a 64-bit operating system.  
  
## See Also  
 [Mapping Deprecated Functions](../../../odbc/reference/appendixes/mapping-deprecated-functions.md)