Calling Method To Do Executescalar With Parameters

I have a method like follows:

string EmpCount = null;

DateTime _dtstart = Convert.ToDateTime(txtStart.Text.Trim());

DateTime _dtend = Convert.ToDateTime(txtEnd.Text.Trim());SQLProvider sqlp = new SQLProvider(System.Configuration.ConnectionStrings["ConString"].ConnectionString);string SqlText = @"

select count(*) from employee

where activeemp=1 and startdate BETWEEN  @dtstart and @dtend;

using (sqlp.Connection) {

sqlpm [] param = {

 new sqlpm("dtStart", _dtstart),

 new SqlP("dtEnd", _dtend)

 };

 }EmpCount = sqlp.ExecuteScalar(SqlText, param).ToString();

return Convert.ToInt32(mbrCount);

 

Then the method I am calling is:public Object ExecuteScalar(String sqlText, Sqlp[] param)

{try

{

//Some Code here

}

}

So in the calling method (ExecuteScalar), the second parameter is defined as an array, is it ok to have an array in the called method too?