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    Data Type Mapping
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    The table below contains type mapping rules that are used to map Salesforce.com or Database.com field types to .NET types.

    Salesforce Native Data Type

    Provider Data Type

    .NET Data Type

    ANYTYPE STRING String
    AUTONUMBER STRING String
    BINARY BINARY Byte[]
    CHECKBOX BOOLEAN Boolean
    COMBOBOX STRING String
    CURRENCY DOUBLE Double
    DATE DATE DateTime
    DATETIME DATETIME DateTime
    EMAIL STRING String
    HTML STRING String
    ID STRING String
    INT INT Int32
    LONGTEXTAREA STRING String
    MULTISELECTPICKLIST STRING String
    NUMBER DOUBLE Double
    PERCENT DOUBLE Double
    PHONE STRING String
    PICKLIST STRING String
    REFERENCE STRING String
    TEXT STRING String
    TEXTAREA STRING String
    TIME TIME DateTime
    URL STRING String