Dim loCommand As New SqlCommand() '-- Create the command loCommand.CommandText = "SELECT MAX(or_created) FROM Orders WHERE or_cust_pk = @cust_pk" loCommand.Parameters.Add("@cust_pk", SqlDbType.Int) loCommand.Parameters("@cust_pk").Value = CustomerPKMy question is are the parameter-marker the same for Oracle as they are for SQL? I know in the ADO.NET world it's a '?'