Is there a way to determine if a parameter in a stored proc has a default value (and thus not required) in code - .Net?

Question

I am already pulling the parameters from the stored proc sent in like this:

 foreach (SqlParameter param in cmd.Parameters)
            {
               if (         


        

Answer 1

If you are looking at developing tools for management of SQL Server objects then a better option may be SMO. It looks like you can get to the default value of a stored procedure parameter using the StoredProcedureParameter Class.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.sqlserver.management.smo.parameter.defaultvalue(v=SQL.100).aspx