How can I retrieve a list of parameters from a stored procedure in SQL Server

Question

Using C# and System.Data.SqlClient, is there a way to retrieve a list of parameters that belong to a stored procedure on a SQL Server before I actually execute it?

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Answer 1

All of these ADO.NET solutions are are asking the code library to query the database's metadata on your behalf. If you are going to take that performance hit anyhow, maybe you should just write some helper functions that call

Select count(*) from information_schema.parameters 
where ...(proc name =.. param name=...) (pseudo-code)

Or maybe even generate your parameters based on the param list you get back. This technique will work with multiple versions of MS SQL and sometimes other ANSI SQL databases.