Run this simple test to get the mappings for SqlServer and Oracle (for both MS drivers and ODP.NET):
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Data; using System.Data.SqlClient; using System.Linq; using Oracle.DataAccess.Client; namespace DbOutTypeTest { public class Program { private static string SqlServerConnectionString = @""; private static string OracleConnectionString = @""; private static void WriteHeader(string title) { Console.WriteLine("----------------------------------------------------------"); Console.WriteLine("-- {0}", title); Console.WriteLine("----------------------------------------------------------"); } private static void WriteRow(string key, string value) { Console.WriteLine("{0}\t\t{1}", key.PadRight(30, ' '), value); } private static void EnumerateTypes(IDbConnection connection, string template, IEnumerable<string> types) { EnumerateTypes(connection, template, types, (arg1, arg2) => { }); } private static void EnumerateTypes(IDbConnection connection, string template, IEnumerable<string> types, Action<string, string> action) { connection.Open(); using (var command = connection.CreateCommand()) { foreach (var type in types) { var value = ""; command.CommandText = string.Format(template, type); try { using (var reader = command.ExecuteReader()) { if (reader.Read()) value = reader[0].GetType().FullName; else value = "<no data read>"; } } catch (Exception ex) { value = ex.Message; } WriteRow(type, value); action(type, value); } } } private static IEnumerable<string> SqlServerIntegers() { yield return "tinyint"; yield return "smallint"; yield return "int"; yield return "bigint"; for (int precision = 1; precision <= 38; ++precision) { yield return "numeric(" + precision + ", 0)"; } yield break; } private static IEnumerable<string> SqlServerFloatings() { yield return "real"; yield return "float"; for (int precision = 1; precision <= 38; ++precision) { for (int scale = 1; scale <= precision; ++scale) yield return "numeric(" + precision + ", " + scale + ")"; } yield break; } private static IEnumerable<string> OracleIntegers() { for (int precision = 1; precision <= 38; ++precision) { yield return "number(" + precision + ", 0)"; } yield break; } private static IEnumerable<string> OracleFloatings() { for (int precision = 1; precision <= 38; ++precision) { for (int scale = 1; scale <= precision; ++scale) yield return "number(" + precision + ", " + scale + ")"; } yield break; } public static void Main(string[] args) { WriteHeader("C# types - CLR names"); Console.WriteLine("{0}\t\t{1}", "byte".PadRight(30, ' '), typeof(byte).FullName); Console.WriteLine("{0}\t\t{1}", "short".PadRight(30, ' '), typeof(short).FullName); Console.WriteLine("{0}\t\t{1}", "int".PadRight(30, ' '), typeof(int).FullName); Console.WriteLine("{0}\t\t{1}", "long".PadRight(30, ' '), typeof(long).FullName); Console.WriteLine("{0}\t\t{1}", "float".PadRight(30, ' '), typeof(float).FullName); Console.WriteLine("{0}\t\t{1}", "double".PadRight(30, ' '), typeof(double).FullName); var OracleToClrInteger = new Dictionary<string, string>(); var OracleToClrFloating = new Dictionary<string, string>(); var SqlServerToClrInteger = new Dictionary<string, string>(); var SqlServerToClrFloating = new Dictionary<string, string>(); WriteHeader("Oracle integers mapping (Oracle Data Provider)"); using (var connection = new OracleConnection(OracleConnectionString)) { EnumerateTypes(connection, "SELECT CAST(0 AS {0}) FROM DUAL", OracleIntegers(), (type, value) => OracleToClrInteger.Add(type, value)); } WriteHeader("SQLServer integers mapping"); using (var connection = new SqlConnection(SqlServerConnectionString)) { EnumerateTypes(connection, "SELECT CAST(0 AS {0})", SqlServerIntegers(), (type, value) => SqlServerToClrInteger.Add(type, value)); } WriteHeader("Oracle integers mapping (Microsoft Oracle Client)"); using (var connection = new System.Data.OracleClient.OracleConnection(OracleConnectionString)) { EnumerateTypes(connection, "SELECT CAST(0 AS {0}) FROM DUAL", OracleIntegers()); } WriteHeader("Oracle floats mapping (Oracle Data Provider)"); using (var connection = new OracleConnection(OracleConnectionString)) { EnumerateTypes(connection, "SELECT CAST(0 AS {0}) FROM DUAL", OracleFloatings(), (type, value) => OracleToClrFloating.Add(type, value)); } WriteHeader("SQLServer floats mapping"); using (var connection = new SqlConnection(SqlServerConnectionString)) { EnumerateTypes(connection, "SELECT CAST(0 AS {0})", SqlServerFloatings(), (type, value) => SqlServerToClrFloating.Add(type, value)); } WriteHeader("Oracle floats mapping (Microsoft Oracle Client)"); using (var connection = new System.Data.OracleClient.OracleConnection(OracleConnectionString)) { EnumerateTypes(connection, "SELECT CAST(0 AS {0}) FROM DUAL", OracleFloatings()); } WriteHeader("Suggested integer type mapping Oracle -> SqlServer"); foreach (var pair in OracleToClrInteger) { if (pair.Value == "System.Decimal") WriteRow(pair.Key, pair.Key.Replace("number", "numeric")); else { if (!SqlServerToClrInteger.Values.Contains(pair.Value)) WriteRow(pair.Key, "???"); else WriteRow(pair.Key, SqlServerToClrInteger.First(p => p.Value == pair.Value).Key); } } WriteHeader("Suggested floating type mapping Oracle -> SqlServer"); foreach (var pair in OracleToClrFloating) { if (pair.Value == "System.Decimal") WriteRow(pair.Key, pair.Key.Replace("number", "numeric")); else { if (!SqlServerToClrFloating.Values.Contains(pair.Value)) WriteRow(pair.Key, "???"); else WriteRow(pair.Key, SqlServerToClrFloating.First(p => p.Value == pair.Value).Key); } } } } }
The most interesting part:
---------------------------------------------------------- -- Oracle integers mapping (Oracle Data Provider) ---------------------------------------------------------- number(1, 0) System.Int16 number(2, 0) System.Int16 number(3, 0) System.Int16 number(4, 0) System.Int16 number(5, 0) System.Int32 number(6, 0) System.Int32 number(7, 0) System.Int32 number(8, 0) System.Int32 number(9, 0) System.Int32 number(10, 0) System.Int64 number(11, 0) System.Int64 number(12, 0) System.Int64 number(13, 0) System.Int64 number(14, 0) System.Int64 number(15, 0) System.Int64 number(16, 0) System.Int64 number(17, 0) System.Int64 number(18, 0) System.Int64 number(19, 0) System.Decimal number(20, 0) System.Decimal number(21, 0) System.Decimal number(22, 0) System.Decimal number(23, 0) System.Decimal number(24, 0) System.Decimal