C Equivalent of SQL Server DataTypes

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For the following SQL Server datatypes  what would be the corresponding datatype in C    Exact Numerics  bigint numeric bit smallint decimal smallmoney int tinyint money     Approximate Numerics  float real     Date and Time  date datetimeoffset datetime2 smalldatetime datetime time     Character Strings  char varchar text     Unicode Character Strings  nchar nvarchar ntext     Binary Strings  binary varbinary image     Other Data Types  cursor timestamp hierarchyid uniqueidentifier sql variant xml table    source  MSDN

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This is for SQL Server 2005  There are updated versions of the table for SQL Server 2008  SQL Server 2008 R2  SQL Server 2012 and SQL Server 2014   SQL Server Data Types and Their  NET Framework Equivalents  The following table lists Microsoft SQL Server data types  their equivalents in the common language runtime  CLR  for SQL Server in the System Data SqlTypes namespace  and their native CLR equivalents in the Microsoft  NET Framework   SQL Server data type          CLR data type  SQL Server     CLR data type   NET Framework    varbinary                     SqlBytes  SqlBinary           Byte     binary                        SqlBytes  SqlBinary           Byte     varbinary 1   binary 1        SqlBytes  SqlBinary           byte  Byte    image                         None                          None  varchar                       None                          None char                          None                          None nvarchar 1   nchar 1          SqlChars  SqlString           Char  String  Char        nvarchar                      SqlChars  SqlString           String  Char    nchar                         SqlChars  SqlString           String  Char    text                          None                          None ntext                         None                          None  uniqueidentifier              SqlGuid                       Guid  rowversion                    None                          Byte     bit                           SqlBoolean                    Boolean  tinyint                       SqlByte                       Byte  smallint                      SqlInt16                      Int16   int                           SqlInt32                      Int32   bigint                        SqlInt64                      Int64   smallmoney                    SqlMoney                      Decimal   money                         SqlMoney                      Decimal   numeric                       SqlDecimal                    Decimal   decimal                       SqlDecimal                    Decimal   real                          SqlSingle                     Single   float                         SqlDouble                     Double    smalldatetime                 SqlDateTime                   DateTime   datetime                      SqlDateTime                   DateTime   sql variant                   None                          Object   User-defined type UDT         None                          user-defined type      table                         None                          None  cursor                        None                          None timestamp                     None                          None  xml                           SqlXml                        None

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public static string FromSqlType string sqlTypeString        if    Enum TryParse sqlTypeString  out Enums SQLType typeCode                 throw new Exception  quot sql type not found quot              switch  typeCode                case Enums SQLType varbinary          case Enums SQLType binary          case Enums SQLType filestream          case Enums SQLType image          case Enums SQLType rowversion          case Enums SQLType timestamp                 return  quot byte   quot           case Enums SQLType tinyint              return  quot byte quot           case Enums SQLType varchar          case Enums SQLType nvarchar          case Enums SQLType nchar          case Enums SQLType text          case Enums SQLType ntext          case Enums SQLType xml              return  quot string quot           case Enums SQLType  char              return  quot char quot           case Enums SQLType bigint              return  quot long quot           case Enums SQLType bit              return  quot bool quot           case Enums SQLType smalldatetime          case Enums SQLType datetime          case Enums SQLType date          case Enums SQLType datetime2              return  quot DateTime quot           case Enums SQLType datetimeoffset              return  quot DateTimeOffset quot           case Enums SQLType  decimal          case Enums SQLType money          case Enums SQLType numeric          case Enums SQLType smallmoney              return  quot decimal quot           case Enums SQLType  float              return  quot double quot           case Enums SQLType  int              return  quot int quot           case Enums SQLType real              return  quot Single quot           case Enums SQLType smallint              return  quot short quot           case Enums SQLType uniqueidentifier              return  quot Guid quot           case Enums SQLType sql variant              return  quot object quot           case Enums SQLType time              return  quot TimeSpan quot           default              throw new Exception  quot none equal type quot             public enum SQLType       varbinary    1      binary    1      image      varchar       char      nvarchar    1      nchar    1      text      ntext      uniqueidentifier      rowversion      bit      tinyint      smallint       int      bigint      smallmoney      money      numeric       decimal      real       float      smalldatetime      datetime      sql variant      table      cursor      timestamp      xml      date      datetime2      datetimeoffset      filestream      time

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In case anybody is looking for methods to convert from to C  and SQL Server formats  here goes a simple implementation   private readonly string   SqlServerTypes      bigint    binary    bit     char    date        datetime    datetime2    datetimeoffset    decimal    filestream    float     geography                                 geometry                                 hierarchyid                                 image     int    money      nchar     ntext     numeric    nvarchar    real      rowversion    smalldatetime    smallint    smallmoney    sql variant    text      time        timestamp    tinyint    uniqueidentifier    varbinary    varchar    xml     private readonly string   CSharpTypes         long      byte      bool    char    DateTime    DateTime    DateTime     DateTimeOffset    decimal    byte          double    Microsoft SqlServer Types SqlGeography    Microsoft SqlServer Types SqlGeometry    Microsoft SqlServer Types SqlHierarchyId    byte      int    decimal    string    string    decimal    string      Single    byte          DateTime         short       decimal       object         string    TimeSpan    byte         byte       Guid                byte         string     string      public string ConvertSqlServerFormatToCSharp string typeName        var index   Array IndexOf SqlServerTypes  typeName        return index  gt  -1           CSharpTypes index             object      public string ConvertCSharpFormatToSqlServer string typeName        var index   Array IndexOf CSharpTypes  typeName        return index  gt  -1           SqlServerTypes index            null      Edit  fixed typo

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In case anybody is looking for methods to convert from to C  and SQL Server formats  here goes a simple implementation   private readonly string   SqlServerTypes      bigint    binary    bit     char    date        datetime    datetime2    datetimeoffset    decimal    filestream    float     geography                                 geometry                                 hierarchyid                                 image     int    money      nchar     ntext     numeric    nvarchar    real      rowversion    smalldatetime    smallint    smallmoney    sql variant    text      time        timestamp    tinyint    uniqueidentifier    varbinary    varchar    xml     private readonly string   CSharpTypes         long      byte      bool    char    DateTime    DateTime    DateTime     DateTimeOffset    decimal    byte          double    Microsoft SqlServer Types SqlGeography    Microsoft SqlServer Types SqlGeometry    Microsoft SqlServer Types SqlHierarchyId    byte      int    decimal    string    string    decimal    string      Single    byte          DateTime         short       decimal       object         string    TimeSpan    byte         byte       Guid                byte         string     string      public string ConvertSqlServerFormatToCSharp string typeName        var index   Array IndexOf SqlServerTypes  typeName        return index  gt  -1           CSharpTypes index             object      public string ConvertCSharpFormatToSqlServer string typeName        var index   Array IndexOf CSharpTypes  typeName        return index  gt  -1           SqlServerTypes index            null      Edit  fixed typo

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SQL Server and  Net Data Type mapping

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SQL Server and the  NET Framework are based on different type systems  For example  the  NET Framework Decimal structure has a maximum scale of 28  whereas the SQL Server decimal and numeric data types have a maximum scale of 38  Click Here s a link  for detail  https   msdn microsoft com en-us library cc716729 v vs 110  aspx

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SQL Server and the  NET Framework are based on different type systems  For example  the  NET Framework Decimal structure has a maximum scale of 28  whereas the SQL Server decimal and numeric data types have a maximum scale of 38  Click Here s a link  for detail  https   msdn microsoft com en-us library cc716729 v vs 110  aspx

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public static string FromSqlType string sqlTypeString        if    Enum TryParse sqlTypeString  out Enums SQLType typeCode                 throw new Exception  quot sql type not found quot              switch  typeCode                case Enums SQLType varbinary          case Enums SQLType binary          case Enums SQLType filestream          case Enums SQLType image          case Enums SQLType rowversion          case Enums SQLType timestamp                 return  quot byte   quot           case Enums SQLType tinyint              return  quot byte quot           case Enums SQLType varchar          case Enums SQLType nvarchar          case Enums SQLType nchar          case Enums SQLType text          case Enums SQLType ntext          case Enums SQLType xml              return  quot string quot           case Enums SQLType  char              return  quot char quot           case Enums SQLType bigint              return  quot long quot           case Enums SQLType bit              return  quot bool quot           case Enums SQLType smalldatetime          case Enums SQLType datetime          case Enums SQLType date          case Enums SQLType datetime2              return  quot DateTime quot           case Enums SQLType datetimeoffset              return  quot DateTimeOffset quot           case Enums SQLType  decimal          case Enums SQLType money          case Enums SQLType numeric          case Enums SQLType smallmoney              return  quot decimal quot           case Enums SQLType  float              return  quot double quot           case Enums SQLType  int              return  quot int quot           case Enums SQLType real              return  quot Single quot           case Enums SQLType smallint              return  quot short quot           case Enums SQLType uniqueidentifier              return  quot Guid quot           case Enums SQLType sql variant              return  quot object quot           case Enums SQLType time              return  quot TimeSpan quot           default              throw new Exception  quot none equal type quot             public enum SQLType       varbinary    1      binary    1      image      varchar       char      nvarchar    1      nchar    1      text      ntext      uniqueidentifier      rowversion      bit      tinyint      smallint       int      bigint      smallmoney      money      numeric       decimal      real       float      smalldatetime      datetime      sql variant      table      cursor      timestamp      xml      date      datetime2      datetimeoffset      filestream      time

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SQL Server and  Net Data Type mapping

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