Question

Problem:

The MySQL.NET Connector has an enumeration called MySqlDbType which contains fields like Int16, Int32, Int64, Guid etc. Whilst I have not tested…something (gut feeling) tells me I cannot do this:

CREATE TABLE MyTable
(
    ID Guid NOT NULL, 
    Age Int32 NOT NULL
);

Question:

Does anyone know of a reference or list where each of the fields/values in MySqlDbType are mapped to their SQL keyword equivalent? Or shed some light on how I might specify column types using the enumeration when creating a table?

As a side note – some of these fields will use parameters, I will need knowledge of these too! i.e. VARCHAR(32) etc.

P.S. Sadly I am not a MySQL (or indeed SQL) expert!

Answer 1

You can make use of Numeric Data Types in MySQL like BIGINT, INT:

CREATE TABLE MyTable
(
    ID BIGINT NOT NULL, 
    Age INT NOT NULL
);