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>So when I query my data source, what is returned is not the datatype that is in the source table, so I must "cast" it to what I want. Is that it?>
>What you get is an object, which has no knowledge of what you wan to do with it, so you cast to the type you want.
Ding! Ding! :)
I thought I should get back the same datatype(s) that is in data source that I query.
I see.
Thanks for the clarification.
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