>>>>>Is there a way in .Net to convert a given SQL data type to a .Net data type?
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>>>>Can you give the context of your question? From a DataReader?
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>>>Sorry, I'm working on a data conversion tool...
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>>>I want to pass in a SQL data type, either as a string or an object, and get back the correspondiong C#/.Net datatype.
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>>Good luck. Not sure you can, but will watch this thread with interest. You can probably build your own function to do this.
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>II started a method with a switch, then thought I'd chck. I guess I'll keep on it.

An alternative approach: http://www.koders.com/csharp/fid81BF77665BE889E51EB9B3861C9BFBDE4A1A7AC5.aspx
(But I'd re-write the Find methods)