6.6.4.6 ReturnProviderSpecificTypes

This property determines if the Fill method returns ODP.NET-specific values or .NET common language specification compliant values.

Declaration

// C#
public Boolean ReturnProviderSpecificTypes {get; set;}
 

Property Value

A value that indicates whether or not the Fill method returns ODP.NET-specific values.

Starting with ODP.NET 12.1.0.2, when set to true and LegacyEntireLOBFetch = 0 (default), BLOB and CLOB column values are represented in the DataTable as OracleBlob and OracleClob, respectively.

A value of false indicates that the Fill method returns .NET common language specification compliant values. The default is false.