Column.DataType Property

Gets or sets the data type that is assigned to the column.

This API is not CLS-compliant. 

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<SfcReferenceAttribute(GetType(UserDefinedType), GetType(UserDefinedTypeResolver),  _
    "Resolve", )> _
<CLSCompliantAttribute(False)> _
<SfcReferenceAttribute(GetType(UserDefinedDataType), GetType(UserDefinedDataTypeResolver),  _
    "Resolve", )> _
<SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None Or SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone Or SfcPropertyFlags.SqlAzureDatabase Or SfcPropertyFlags.Design)> _
Public Property DataType As DataType 
    Get 
    Set
'Usage
Dim instance As Column 
Dim value As DataType 

value = instance.DataType

instance.DataType = value
[SfcReferenceAttribute(typeof(UserDefinedType), typeof(UserDefinedTypeResolver), 
    "Resolve", )]
[CLSCompliantAttribute(false)]
[SfcReferenceAttribute(typeof(UserDefinedDataType), typeof(UserDefinedDataTypeResolver), 
    "Resolve", )]
[SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None|SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone|SfcPropertyFlags.SqlAzureDatabase|SfcPropertyFlags.Design)]
public DataType DataType { get; set; }
[SfcReferenceAttribute(typeof(UserDefinedType), typeof(UserDefinedTypeResolver), 
    L"Resolve", )]
[CLSCompliantAttribute(false)]
[SfcReferenceAttribute(typeof(UserDefinedDataType), typeof(UserDefinedDataTypeResolver), 
    L"Resolve", )]
[SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags::None|SfcPropertyFlags::Standalone|SfcPropertyFlags::SqlAzureDatabase|SfcPropertyFlags::Design)]
public:
property DataType^ DataType {
    DataType^ get ();
    void set (DataType^ value);
}
[<SfcReferenceAttribute(typeof(UserDefinedType), typeof(UserDefinedTypeResolver), 
    "Resolve", )>]
[<CLSCompliantAttribute(false)>]
[<SfcReferenceAttribute(typeof(UserDefinedDataType), typeof(UserDefinedDataTypeResolver), 
    "Resolve", )>]
[<SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None|SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone|SfcPropertyFlags.SqlAzureDatabase|SfcPropertyFlags.Design)>]
member DataType : DataType with get, set
function get DataType () : DataType 
function set DataType (value : DataType)

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.DataType
A DataType object value that specifies the data type assigned to the column.

Examples

Working with Database Objects

See Also

Reference

Column Class

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

CREATE TABLE (Transact-SQL)

Working with Data Types