SQL Server Data Types and Their .NET Framework Equivalents

SQL Server Data Types and Their .NET Framework Equivalents

SQL Server data type	CLR data type (SQL Server)	CLR data type (.NET Framework)
varbinary	SqlBytes, SqlBinary	Byte[]
binary	SqlBytes, SqlBinary	Byte[]
varbinary(1), binary(1)	SqlBytes, SqlBinary	byte, Byte[]
image	None	None
varchar	None	None
char	None	None
nvarchar(1), nchar(1)	SqlChars, SqlString	Char, String, Char[]
nvarchar	SqlChars, SqlStringSQLChars is a better match for data transfer and access, and SQLString is a better match for performing String operations.	String, Char[]
nchar	SqlChars, SqlString	String, Char[]
text	None	None
ntext	None	None
uniqueidentifier	SqlGuid	Guid
rowversion	None	Byte[]
bit	SqlBoolean	Boolean
tinyint	SqlByte	Byte
smallint	SqlInt16	Int16
int	SqlInt32	Int32
bigint	SqlInt64	Int64
smallmoney	SqlMoney	Decimal
money	SqlMoney	Decimal
numeric	SqlDecimal	Decimal
decimal	SqlDecimal	Decimal
real	SqlSingle	Single
float	SqlDouble	Double
smalldatetime	SqlDateTime	DateTime
datetime	SqlDateTime	DateTime
sql_variant	None	Object
User-defined type(UDT)	None	Same class that is bound to the user-defined type in the same assembly or a dependent assembly.
table	None	None
cursor	None	None
timestamp	None	None
xml	SqlXml	None

* taken form SQL 2005 books online http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms131092.aspx