How do I get the SqlDbType of a column in a table using ADO.NET?

Question

I\'m trying to determine at runtime what the SqlDbType of a sql server table column is.

is there a class that can do that in System.Data.SqlClient or should I do the

Answer 1

If you are eventually going to read the data, you can do this:

SqlCommand comm = new SqlCommand("SELECT * FROM Products", connection);
using (SqlDataReader reader = comm.ExecuteReader())
{
    while (reader.Read())
    {
        Type type = reader.GetSqlValue(0).GetType();
        // OR Type type = reader.GetSqlValue("name").GetType();
        // yields type "System.Data.SqlTypes.SqlInt32"
    }
}