Essential ADO.NET

A.4. Mapping of ODBC Types

Table A-4 maps the members of the OdbcType enumeration to ODBC data types and the .NET type system.

Table A-4. The OdbcType enumeration

Member Name	Description
BigInt	Exact numeric value with precision 19 (if signed) or 20 (if unsigned) and scale 0 (signed: –2[63] <= n <= 2[63] – 1, unsigned: 0 <= n <= 2[64] – 1) (SQL_BIGINT). This maps to Int64.
Binary	A stream of binary data (SQL_BINARY). This maps to an Array of type Byte.
Bit	Single bit binary data (SQL_BIT). This maps to Boolean.
Char	A fixed-length character string (SQL_CHAR). This maps to String.
DateTime	Date data in the format yyyymmdd (SQL_TYPE_TIMESTAMP). This maps to DateTime.
Decimal	Signed, exact, numeric value with a precision of at least p and scale s, ...