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Click here to copy the following block ' Return the OleDbType that represents the specified system type ' This is particularly useful when you have a DataTable and want to create a ' OleDbParameter for onw of its columns, but don't know its type. ' DataColumnName.DataType returns a Type, and you can convert it to OleDbType ' by passing it to this function. ' Note: requires System.Data.OleDb ' Example: '  Dim param As New OleDbParameter("TestCol", GetOleDbType(String)) Private Function GetOleDbType(ByVal sysType As Type) As OleDbType   If sysType Is GetType(String) Then     Return OleDbType.VarChar   ElseIf sysType Is GetType(Integer) Then     Return OleDbType.Integer   ElseIf sysType Is GetType(Boolean) Then     Return OleDbType.Boolean   ElseIf sysType Is GetType(Date) Then     Return OleDbType.Date   ElseIf sysType Is GetType(Char) Then     Return OleDbType.Char   ElseIf sysType Is GetType(Decimal) Then     Return OleDbType.Decimal   ElseIf sysType Is GetType(Double) Then     Return OleDbType.Double   ElseIf sysType Is GetType(Single) Then     Return OleDbType.Single   ElseIf sysType Is GetType(Byte()) Then     Return OleDbType.Binary   ElseIf sysType Is GetType(Guid) Then     Return OleDbType.Guid   End If End Function

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