Can parameterized queries have output parameters?

Question

In SQL Server is there a way to have an output parameter return the total number of records (for paging) in a parameterized query?

Answer 1

A stored procedure can have an output parameter, but not a standard query. You could execute an initial query to get the record count, or return mutliple results sets from one query.

Answer 2

No, but You can do something like that:

SELECT
**,
COUNT(*) OVER(PARTITION BY ID)
FROM TABLE

Not very pretty, but returns record count. You can also use ROW_NUMBER().