Is there a way to specify the direction property value on the same
line, so that all my parameter information is setup with one line of
code?

On 31 Jan 2003 16:36:00 -0800

inline...

    cmdRead.Parameters.Add( _
        New SqlClient.SqlParameter( _

            SqlDbType.VarChar, _
            11, _
            ParameterDirection.Input, _
            True, _
            Nothing, _
            Nothing, _
            "Description", _
            DataRowVersion.Default, _
            strID))

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