CODE EXAMPLE FOR CSHARP

vbnet programatically convert type to db type

using Microsoft.SqlServer.Server; // SqlDataRecord and SqlMetaData
using System;
using System.Collections; // IEnumerator and IEnumerable
using System.Collections.Generic; // general IEnumerable and IEnumerator
using System.Data; // DataTable and SqlDataType
using System.Data.SqlClient; // SqlConnection, SqlCommand, and SqlParameter
using System.Web.UI.WebControls; // for Parameters.Convert... functions

private static SqlDbType TypeToSqlDbType(Type t) {
    DbType dbtc = Parameters.ConvertTypeCodeToDbType(t.GetTypeCodeImpl());
    SqlParameter sp = new SqlParameter();
    // DbParameter dp = new DbParameter();
    // dp.DbType = dbtc;
    sp.DbType = dbtc;
    return sp.SqlDbType;
}