DataTypeInfo.TypeName Property

Returns the data type name. This field is read-only.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.ManagedDTS (in Microsoft.SqlServer.ManagedDTS.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public ReadOnly Property TypeName As String 
    Get
'Usage
Dim instance As DataTypeInfo 
Dim value As String 

value = instance.TypeName

public string TypeName { get; }

public:
property String^ TypeName {
    String^ get ();
}

member TypeName : string

function get TypeName () : String

Property Value

Type: System.String
A string that contains a long description of the data type.

Remarks

Returns a longer name for the data type. For example, the property returns currency for type of DT_CY.

Examples

The following code example iterates through the collection and prints the TypeEnumName and TypeName of each data type in SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS).

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime;

namespace DataTypeInfo_Properties
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //Create the DataTypeInfos collection.
            DataTypeInfos dataInfos = new Application().DataTypeInfos;

            //Iterate over the collection, printing the values
            //of the properties.
            foreach (DataTypeInfo dInfo in dataInfos)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("TypeName: {0}, TypeEnumName: {1}", dInfo.TypeName, dInfo.TypeEnumName);
                //Console.WriteLine("TypeEnumName   {0}", dInfo.TypeEnumName);
            }
        }
    }
}

Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Text
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime
 
Namespace DataTypeInfo_Properties
    Class Program
        Shared  Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
            'Create the DataTypeInfos collection.
            Dim dataInfos As DataTypeInfos =  New Application().DataTypeInfos 
 
            'Iterate over the collection, printing the values
            'of the properties.
            Dim dInfo As DataTypeInfo
            For Each dInfo In dataInfos
                Console.WriteLine("TypeName: {0}, TypeEnumName: {1}", dInfo.TypeName, dInfo.TypeEnumName)
                'Console.WriteLine("TypeEnumName   {0}", dInfo.TypeEnumName);
            Next
         End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Sample Output:

TypeName: float, TypeEnumName: DT_R4

TypeName: double-precision float, TypeEnumName: DT_R8

TypeName: currency, TypeEnumName: DT_CY

TypeName: date, TypeEnumName: DT_DATE

TypeName: Boolean, TypeEnumName: DT_BOOL

TypeName: decimal, TypeEnumName: DT_DECIMAL

TypeName: single-byte signed integer, TypeEnumName: DT_I1

TypeName: single-byte unsigned integer, TypeEnumName: DT_UI1

TypeName: two-byte signed integer, TypeEnumName: DT_I2

TypeName: two-byte unsigned integer, TypeEnumName: DT_UI2

TypeName: four-byte signed integer, TypeEnumName: DT_I4

TypeName: four-byte unsigned integer, TypeEnumName: DT_UI4

TypeName: eight-byte signed integer, TypeEnumName: DT_I8

TypeName: eight-byte unsigned integer, TypeEnumName: DT_UI8

TypeName: file timestamp, TypeEnumName: DT_FILETIME

TypeName: unique identifier, TypeEnumName: DT_GUID

TypeName: byte stream, TypeEnumName: DT_BYTES

TypeName: string, TypeEnumName: DT_STR

TypeName: Unicode string, TypeEnumName: DT_WSTR

TypeName: numeric, TypeEnumName: DT_NUMERIC

TypeName: database date, TypeEnumName: DT_DBDATE

TypeName: database time, TypeEnumName: DT_DBTIME

TypeName: database timestamp, TypeEnumName: DT_DBTIMESTAMP

TypeName: image, TypeEnumName: DT_IMAGE

TypeName: text stream, TypeEnumName: DT_TEXT

TypeName: Unicode text stream, TypeEnumName: DT_NTEXT

See Also

Reference

DataTypeInfo Class

Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime Namespace