vbnet programatically convert type to db type
using Microsoft.SqlServer.Server; // SqlDataRecord and SqlMetaData
using System;
using System.Collections; // IEnumerator and IEnumerable
using System.Collections.Generic; // general IEnumerable and IEnumerator
using System.Data; // DataTable and SqlDataType
using System.Data.SqlClient; // SqlConnection, SqlCommand, and SqlParameter
using System.Web.UI.WebControls; // for Parameters.Convert... functions
private static SqlDbType TypeToSqlDbType(Type t) {
DbType dbtc = Parameters.ConvertTypeCodeToDbType(t.GetTypeCodeImpl());
SqlParameter sp = new SqlParameter();
// DbParameter dp = new DbParameter();
// dp.DbType = dbtc;
sp.DbType = dbtc;
return sp.SqlDbType;
}