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

For SQL Server, use the SMO (SQL Server Management Objects).

http://www.yukonxml.com/articles/smo/

For example, you can use this code to traverse over all of the columns of a table.

Server server = new Server();
Database database = new Database( "MyDB" );
Table table = new Table( database, "MyTable" );

foreach ( Column column in table.Columns )
{
        WriteLine( column.Name ); 
}   

Here are all of the column properties available to you: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.sqlserver.management.smo.column_members.aspx