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OLE DB Data Type Mappings (ADO.NET)

The following table shows the inferred .NET Framework type for data types from the .NET Framework Data Provider for ADO and OLE DB (System.Data.OleDb). The typed accessor methods for the OleDbDataReader are also listed.

ADO type

OLE DB type

.NET Framework type

.NET Framework typed accessor

adBigInt

DBTYPE_I8

Int64

GetInt64()

adBinary

DBTYPE_BYTES

Byte[]

GetBytes()

adBoolean

DBTYPE_BOOL

Boolean

GetBoolean()

adBSTR

DBTYPE_BSTR

String

GetString()

adChapter

DBTYPE_HCHAPTER

Supported through the DataReader. See Retrieving Data Using a DataReader (ADO.NET).

GetValue()

adChar

DBTYPE_STR

String

GetString()

adCurrency

DBTYPE_CY

Decimal

GetDecimal()

adDate

DBTYPE_DATE

DateTime

GetDateTime()

adDBDate

DBTYPE_DBDATE

DateTime

GetDateTime()

adDBTime

DBTYPE_DBTIME

DateTime

GetDateTime()

adDBTimeStamp

DBTYPE_DBTIMESTAMP

DateTime

GetDateTime()

adDecimal

DBTYPE_DECIMAL

Decimal

GetDecimal()

adDouble

DBTYPE_R8

Double

GetDouble()

adError

DBTYPE_ERROR

ExternalException

GetValue()

adFileTime

DBTYPE_FILETIME

DateTime

GetDateTime()

adGUID

DBTYPE_GUID

Guid

GetGuid()

adIDispatch

DBTYPE_IDISPATCH *

Object

GetValue()

adInteger

DBTYPE_I4

Int32

GetInt32()

adIUnknown

DBTYPE_IUNKNOWN *

Object

GetValue()

adNumeric

DBTYPE_NUMERIC

Decimal

GetDecimal()

adPropVariant

DBTYPE_PROPVARIANT

Object

GetValue()

adSingle

DBTYPE_R4

Single

GetFloat()

adSmallInt

DBTYPE_I2

Int16

GetInt16()

adTinyInt

DBTYPE_I1

Byte

GetByte()

adUnsignedBigInt

DBTYPE_UI8

UInt64

GetValue()

adUnsignedInt

DBTYPE_UI4

UInt32

GetValue()

adUnsignedSmallInt

DBTYPE_UI2

UInt16

GetValue()

adUnsignedTinyInt

DBTYPE_UI1

Byte

GetByte()

adVariant

DBTYPE_VARIANT

Object

GetValue()

adWChar

DBTYPE_WSTR

String

GetString()

adUserDefined

DBTYPE_UDT

not supported

   

adVarNumeric

DBTYPE_VARNUMERIC

not supported

   

* For the OLE DB types DBTYPE_IUNKNOWN and DBTYPE_IDISPATCH, the object reference is a marshaled representation of the pointer.

See Also

Other Resources

Retrieving and Modifying Data in ADO.NET

ADO.NET Managed Providers and DataSet Developer Center