Firebird and .NET Framework Data Types Mapping

Here is the mapping of Firebird data types to .NET Framework data types.

Use the specified FbDataReader method to read the data from a given column.

Firebird type	.NET type	FbDataReader method	Example
BIGINT	System.Int64	GetInt64()	BIGINT Reading Example (C#)
BLOB	System.Byte[]	GetBytes()	BLOB Reading Example (C#)
BLOB SUB_TYPE 1	System.String	GetString()	BLOB SUB_TYPE 1 Reading Example (C#)
CHAR	System.String	GetString()	CHAR Reading Example (C#)
DATE	System.DateTime	GetDateTime()	DATE Reading Example (C#)
DECIMAL	System.Decimal	GetDecimal()	DECIMAL Reading Example (C#)
DOUBLE PRECISION	System.Double	GetDouble()	DOUBLE PRECISION Reading Example (C#)
FLOAT	System.Float	GetFloat()	FLOAT Reading Example (C#)
INTEGER	System.Int32	GetInt32()	INTEGER Reading Example (C#)
NUMERIC	System.Decimal	GetDecimal()	NUMERIC Reading Example (C#)
SMALLINT	System.Int16	GetInt16()	SMALLINT Reading Example (C#)
TIME	System.DateTime	GetDateTime()	TIME Reading Example (C#)
TIMESTAMP	System.DateTime	GetDateTime()	TIMESTAMP Reading Example (C#)
VARCHAR	System.String	GetString()	VARCHAR Reading Example (C#)