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# sys.numbered_procedure_parameters (Transact-SQL)
[!INCLUDE [SQL Server](../../includes/applies-to-version/sqlserver.md)]

  Contains one row for each parameter of a numbered procedure. When you create a numbered stored procedure, the base procedure is number 1. All subsequent procedures have numbers 2, 3, and so forth. **sys.numbered_procedure_parameters** contains the parameter definitions for all subsequent procedures, numbered 2 and greater. This view does not show parameters for the base stored procedure (number = 1). The base stored procedure is similar to a nonnumbered stored procedure. Therefore, its parameters are represented in [sys.parameters (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-catalog-views/sys-parameters-transact-sql.md).  
  
> [!IMPORTANT]  
>  Numbered procedures are deprecated. Use of numbered procedures is discouraged. A DEPRECATION_ANNOUNCEMENT event is fired when a query that uses this catalog view is compiled.  
  
> [!NOTE]  
>  XML and CLR parameters are not supported for numbered procedures.  
  
|Column name|Data type|Description|  
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|  
|**object_id**|**int**|ID of the object to which this parameter belongs.|  
|**procedure_number**|**smallint**|Number of this procedure within the object, 2 or greater.|  
|**name**|**sysname**|Name of the parameter. Is unique within **procedure_number**.|  
|**parameter_id**|**int**|ID of the parameter. Is unique within the **procedure_number**.|  
|**system_type_id**|**tinyint**|ID of the system type of the parameter|  
|**user_type_id**|**int**|ID of the type, as defined by user, of the parameter.|  
|**max_length**|**smallint**|Maximum length of the parameter in bytes.<br /><br /> -1 = Column data type is varchar(max), nvarchar(max), or varbinary(max).|  
|**precision**|**tinyint**|Precision of the parameter if numeric-based; otherwise, 0.|  
|**scale**|**tinyint**|Scale of the parameter if numeric-based; otherwise, 0.|  
|**is_output**|**bit**|1 = Parameter is output or return; otherwise, 0|  
|**is_cursor_ref**|**bit**|1 = Parameter is a cursor-reference parameter.|  
  
> [!NOTE]  
>  XML and CLR parameters are not supported for numbered procedures.  
  
## Permissions  
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## See Also  
 [Object Catalog Views &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../relational-databases/system-catalog-views/object-catalog-views-transact-sql.md)   
 [Catalog Views &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../relational-databases/system-catalog-views/catalog-views-transact-sql.md)