I've been testing a stored procedure that has an output parameter.

When I add parameters to the sqlcommand this way, the output parameter
returned is always what I pass in:
   With InsertLeg
     .Transaction = mySQLTrans
     .CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure
     .Parameters.Add(New SqlParameter("@Load_Num", SqlDbType.Int))
     .Parameters.Add(New SqlParameter("@RC", SqlDbType.Int, 0,
ParameterDirection.Output))
   End With

If I declare the sqlcommand this way, it works, the output parameter
from the stored procedure is returned in the @RC parameter.
   With InsertLeg
     .Transaction = mySQLTrans
     .CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure
     .Parameters.Add(New SqlParameter("@Load_Num", SqlDbType.Int))
     Dim Param As New SqlParameter("@RC", SqlDbType.Int)
     Param.Direction = ParameterDirection.Output
     .Parameters.Add(Param)
   End With

Can someone tell me why these declarations are treated differently?
Thanks,
Kevin