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July 12th, 2011, 05:52 PM

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what is a tinyint in C#?

what is a tinyint in C#?
SQL has its own datatypes. But a small int in SQL translates to an Int16 in C#. But there is no such thing as Int8 in C#. So what is a tiny int in C#?

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The .NET Framework type System.Int16 is a short in C#. If you just need 8 bits, you can use byte (System.Byte).

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I will use a Byte.

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