SQLBindParameter
Applies to: 
SQL Server
Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Managed Instance
Azure Synapse Analytics
Analytics Platform System (PDW)
SQLBindParameter can eliminate the burden of data conversion when used to provide data for the SQL Server Native Client ODBC driver, resulting in significant performance gains for both the client and server components of applications. Other benefits include reduced loss of precision when inserting or updating approximate numeric data types.
Note
When inserting char and wchar type data into an image column, the size of the data being passed in is used, as opposed to the size of the data after conversion to a binary format.
If the SQL Server Native Client ODBC driver encounters an error on a single array element of an array of parameters, the driver continues to execute the statement for the remaining array elements. If the application has bound an array of parameter status elements for the statement, the rows of parameters generating errors can be determined from the array.
When using the SQL Server Native Client ODBC driver, specify SQL_PARAM_INPUT when binding input parameters. Only specify SQL_PARAM_OUTPUT or SQL_PARAM_INPUT_OUTPUT when binding stored procedure parameters defined with the OUTPUT keyword.
SQLRowCount is unreliable with the SQL Server Native Client ODBC driver if an array element of a bound-parameter array causes an error in statement execution. The ODBC statement attribute SQL_ATTR_PARAMS_PROCESSED_PTR reports the number of rows processed before the error occurs. The application can then traverse its parameter status array to discover the number of statements successfully executed, if necessary.
Binding Parameters for SQL Character Types
If the SQL data type passed in is a character type, ColumnSize is the size in characters (not bytes). If the length of the data string in bytes is greater than 8000, ColumnSize should be set to SQL_SS_LENGTH_UNLIMITED, indicating that there is no limit to the size of the SQL type.
For instance, if the SQL data type is SQL_WVARCHAR, ColumnSize should not be greater than 4000. If the actual data length is greater than 4000, then ColumnSize should be set to SQL_SS_LENGTH_UNLIMITED so that nvarchar(max) will be used by driver.
SQLBindParameter and Table-Valued Parameters
Like other parameter types, table-valued parameters are bound by SQLBindParameter.
After a table-valued parameter has been bound, its columns are also bound. To bind the columns, you call SQLSetStmtAttr to set SQL_SOPT_SS_PARAM_FOCUS to the ordinal of the table-valued parameter. Then, call SQLBindParameter for each column in the table-valued parameter. To return to the top-level parameter bindings, set SQL_SOPT_SS_PARAM_FOCUS to 0.
For information about mapping parameters to descriptor fields for table-valued parameters, see Binding and Data Transfer of Table-Valued Parameters and Column Values.
For more information about table-valued parameters, see Table-Valued Parameters (ODBC).
SQLBindParameter Support for Enhanced Date and Time Features
Parameter values of date/time types are converted as described in Conversions from C to SQL. Note that parameters of type time and datetimeoffset must have ValueType specified as SQL_C_DEFAULT or SQL_C_BINARY if their corresponding structures (SQL_SS_TIME2_STRUCT and SQL_SS_TIMESTAMPOFFSET_STRUCT) are used.
For more information, see Date and Time Improvements (ODBC).
SQLBindParameter Support for Large CLR UDTs
SQLBindParameter supports large CLR user-defined types (UDTs). For more information, see Large CLR User-Defined Types (ODBC).