Get Column data type and name from DataColumn
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.OleDb;
public class DatabaseInfo {
public static void Main () {
String connect = "Provider=Microsoft.JET.OLEDB.4.0;data source=.\\Employee.mdb";
OleDbConnection con = new OleDbConnection(connect);
con.Open();
Console.WriteLine("Made the connection to the database");
String cmd = "SELECT * FROM Employee";
OleDbDataAdapter adapter = new OleDbDataAdapter();
adapter.SelectCommand = new OleDbCommand(cmd, con);
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
adapter.Fill(ds, "Employee");
DataTable item = ds.Tables[0];
Console.WriteLine("Table name: {0}", item.TableName);
Console.WriteLine("Its columns are:");
foreach (DataColumn col in item.Columns)
Console.WriteLine("{0}\t{1}", col.ColumnName, col.DataType);
con.Close();
}
}
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