to receive out put you have to write a line that will receive output see underlined portion of below code...
cmd.Parameters.Add(New MySqlParameter("@date1", MySqlDbType.Date))
cmd.Parameters("@date1").Direction = ParameterDirection.Output
dim outputdate = cmd.parameters(0).Value
if you are inserting/updating/deleting record then use<br />
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()<br />
<br />
if just selecting then<br />
cmd.ExecuteQuery()
Happy Coding!
:)