public static MySqlDbType NameToType()

in MySQL.Data/src/Types/MetaData.cs [95:163]


    public static MySqlDbType NameToType(string typeName, bool unsigned,
       bool realAsFloat, MySqlConnection connection)
    {
      switch (StringUtility.ToUpperInvariant(typeName))
      {
        case "CHAR": return MySqlDbType.String;
        case "VARCHAR": return MySqlDbType.VarChar;
        case "DATE": return MySqlDbType.Date;
        case "DATETIME": return MySqlDbType.DateTime;
        case "NUMERIC":
        case "DECIMAL":
        case "DEC":
        case "FIXED":
          if (connection.driver.Version.isAtLeast(5, 0, 3))
            return MySqlDbType.NewDecimal;
          else
            return MySqlDbType.Decimal;
        case "YEAR":
          return MySqlDbType.Year;
        case "TIME":
          return MySqlDbType.Time;
        case "TIMESTAMP":
          return MySqlDbType.Timestamp;
        case "SET": return MySqlDbType.Set;
        case "ENUM": return MySqlDbType.Enum;
        case "BIT": return MySqlDbType.Bit;
        case "TINYINT":
          return unsigned ? MySqlDbType.UByte : MySqlDbType.Byte;
        case "BOOL":
        case "BOOLEAN":
          return MySqlDbType.Byte;
        case "SMALLINT":
          return unsigned ? MySqlDbType.UInt16 : MySqlDbType.Int16;
        case "MEDIUMINT":
          return unsigned ? MySqlDbType.UInt24 : MySqlDbType.Int24;
        case "INT":
        case "INTEGER":
          return unsigned ? MySqlDbType.UInt32 : MySqlDbType.Int32;
        case "SERIAL":
          return MySqlDbType.UInt64;
        case "BIGINT":
          return unsigned ? MySqlDbType.UInt64 : MySqlDbType.Int64;
        case "FLOAT": return MySqlDbType.Float;
        case "DOUBLE": return MySqlDbType.Double;
        case "REAL": return 
           realAsFloat ? MySqlDbType.Float : MySqlDbType.Double;
        case "TEXT":
          return MySqlDbType.Text;
        case "BLOB":
          return MySqlDbType.Blob;
        case "LONGBLOB":
          return MySqlDbType.LongBlob;
        case "LONGTEXT":
          return MySqlDbType.LongText;
        case "MEDIUMBLOB":
          return MySqlDbType.MediumBlob;
        case "MEDIUMTEXT":
          return MySqlDbType.MediumText;
        case "TINYBLOB":
          return MySqlDbType.TinyBlob;
        case "TINYTEXT":
          return MySqlDbType.TinyText;
        case "BINARY":
          return MySqlDbType.Binary;
        case "VARBINARY":
          return MySqlDbType.VarBinary;
      }
      throw new MySqlException("Unhandled type encountered");
    }