I think he wants the dbType, which is something I've wanted for a long time too <g>... It be real nice if we could get to the underlying SQL data type not just the CLR type.

AS far as I can see you can't get it through a table - you have to read the schema to do this...

+++ Rick ---

>>>Ok, how about the type of a column in a datarow?<
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>I'm not following you, Rex ... isn't that what I already posted?
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>~~Bonnie
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>>>>>How can I get the type of a datarow in a strongly typed datatable?<
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>>>Rex,
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>>>I assume you meant the type of a Column, not a DataRow.
>>>

>>>MyDataSet.MyTable[0].MyColumn.GetType();
>>>

>>>
>>>~~Bonnie