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title: "SQLNumParams | Microsoft Docs"
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# SQLNumParams
  Improvements in the database engine beginning with [!INCLUDE[ssSQL11](../../includes/sssql11-md.md)] allow SQLNumParams to obtain more accurate descriptions of the expected results. These more accurate results may differ from the values returned by SQLNumParams in previous versions of [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)].  
  
 For more information, see [Metadata Discovery](../native-client/features/metadata-discovery.md).  
  
## See Also  
 [SQLNumParams Function](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=58404)   
 [ODBC API Implementation Details](odbc-api-implementation-details.md)