Question

Given an instance of System.Data.SqlDbType how can I convert it to an instance of Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SqlDataType and vice-versa?

The enums don’t match up.

Answer 1

Something like this if the names match, maybe?

 System.Data.SqlDbType otherEnumTypeValue = System.Data.SqlDbType.Xml;
 Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SqlDataTypeconverted = 
         (Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SqlDataType)Enum.Parse(typeof(Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SqlDataType), otherEnumTypeValue.ToString());