Database datatype to c# datatype

[Peter Kirk]

Hi

I am reading metadata from a database (sql server) - for example metadata
describing columns in a table. This metadata includes information about the
datatype of the column - for example "decimal", "small int", "varchar",
"image", "char" and so on.

Is there some built-in functionality in .net for converting these datatypes
to c# datatypes? For example, "varchar" could map to System.string. Or do I
need to write my own type-mapping method?
Thanks,
Peter

[Marc Gravell]

For most DAL purposes you know the type (per column) in advance, since you
designed the database; for more generic usage, you can always use
GetFieldType() and GetValue() on any IDataReader.

Would that do?

Marc

[Peter Kirk]

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For most DAL purposes you know the type (per column) in advance, since you
designed the database; for more generic usage, you can always use
GetFieldType() and GetValue() on any IDataReader.

Would that do?

Not quite (I don't think), because I get metadata about a database column:

name
default value
is nullable
data type

ie, I get an IDataReader which contains some "string columns", which provide
information about a column in a database table.

One of the items of data describing the column is a string value which gives
the data type of the column. For example, this string value could be
"varchar" or "int".

I want to convert this string value to a c# datatype.

Peter

[Frans Bouma [C# MVP]]

Peter Kirk wrote:

Hi

I am reading metadata from a database (sql server) - for example
metadata describing columns in a table. This metadata includes
information about the datatype of the column - for example "decimal",
"small int", "varchar", "image", "char" and so on.

Is there some built-in functionality in .net for converting these
datatypes to c# datatypes? For example, "varchar" could map to
System.string. Or do I need to write my own type-mapping method?

There is no such method.

FB

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