https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187004(v=sql.105).aspx The sp itself.. USE AdventureWorks2008R2; GO IF OBJECT_ID('Sales.uspGetEmployeeSalesYTD', 'P') IS NOT NULL DROP PROCEDURE Sales.uspGetEmployeeSalesYTD; GO CREATE PROCEDURE Sales.uspGetEmployeeSalesYTD @SalesPerson nvarchar(50), @SalesYTD money OUTPUT AS SET NOCOUNT ON; SELECT @SalesYTD = SalesYTD FROM Sales.SalesPerson AS sp JOIN HumanResources.vEmployee AS e ON e.BusinessEntityID = sp.BusinessEntityID WHERE LastName = @SalesPerson; RETURN GO the call to get the value -- Declare the variable to receive the output value of the procedure. DECLARE @SalesYTDBySalesPerson money; -- Execute the procedure specifying a last name for the input parameter -- and saving the output value in the variable @SalesYTDBySalesPerson EXECUTE Sales.uspGetEmployeeSalesYTD N'Blythe', @SalesYTD = @SalesYTDBySalesPerson OUTPUT; -- Display the value returned by the procedure.