May 2002
Beginner to intermediate
560 pages
11h 36m
English
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A.1. DbType Enumeration
Table A-1 is the DbType enumeration from the System.Data namespace.
| Member Name | Description |
|---|---|
| AnsiString | A variable-length stream of non-Unicode characters ranging between 1 and 8,000 characters. |
| Binary | A variable-length stream of binary data ranging between 1 and 8,000 bytes. Note: ADO.NET cannot correctly infer the type if the byte array is greater than 8,000 bytes. Explicitly set the object when working with byte arrays larger than 8,000 bytes. |
| Boolean | A simple type representing Boolean values of true or false. |
| Byte | An 8-bit unsigned integer. |
| Currency | A currency value ranging from –263 (or –922,337,203,685,477.5808) to 263 –1 (or +922,337,203,685,477.5807) with an accuracy ... |