Get datatype from values passed as string

Question

I am writing a framework that will connect to many different data source types and return values from these sources. The easy ones are SQL, Access and Oracle. The tougher ones a

Answer 1

    List types = new List(new Type[] {
        typeof(Boolean)
        , typeof(int)
        , typeof(double)
        , typeof(DateTime)
    });
    string t = "true";
    object retu;
    foreach (Type type in types)
    {
        TypeConverter tc = TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(type);
        if (tc != null)
        {
            try
            {
                object obj = tc.ConvertFromString(t); // your return value;
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
                continue;
            }
        }
    }