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SqlDataRecord::GetDataTypeName Method

Returns the name of the data type for the column specified by the ordinal argument.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Server
Assembly:  System.Data (in System.Data.dll)

public:
virtual String^ GetDataTypeName(
	int ordinal
)

Parameters

ordinal
Type: System::Int32
The zero-based ordinal of the column.

Return Value

Type: System::String
A String that contains the data type of the column.

Implements

IDataRecord::GetDataTypeName(Int32)

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentOutOfRangeException

The ordinal is less than 0 or greater than the number of columns (that is, FieldCount).

InvalidCastException

There is a type mismatch.

This method returns the type name as known in the SQL Server type-system. For user-defined types (UDTs), it returns the three-part name that was used to register the type with SQL Server.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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