System.Data.OleDb.OleDbType basetype

Question

hello i have for example: System.Data.OleDb.OleDbType column1 = System.Data.OleDb.OleDbType.WChar; but what i wanna do is now check if column1 is a type of string. i tried this if (typeof(string) == column1.GetType()) { // yes it's string } but this doesn't work it there another solution for this problem? Thx in advanced greetings Sander

s 0 · Answer

as i said i want the basetype of theOleDbType because that is a String WChar has as a basetype a string! greetings Sander

sacresp · Answer

Sander what do you want to do?

yasser_8227 · Answer

Because it's not a type of string but it's a type of System.Data.OleDb.OleDbType with a value WChar.