A.5. Parameter.DbType

The .NET data provider type of a Parameter object is inferred from the .NET framework type of the Value of the Parameter object or from the DbType of the Parameter object, as shown in Table A-5.

Table A-5. Mapping Parameter.DbType to parameter values in .NET
.NET Framework Type System.Data. DbType SqlDbType OleDbType
bool Boolean Bit Boolean
byte Byte TinyInt Unsigned-TinyInt
byte[] Binary VarBinary. This implicit conversion will fail if the byte array is greater than the maximum size of a VarBinary, which is 8,000 bytes. For byte arrays larger than 8,000 bytes, explicitly set the SqlDbType. VarBinary
char  Inferring a SqlDbType from char is not supported. Char
DateTime DateTime DateTime DBTimeStamp
Decimal Decimal Decimal ...

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