Type of the pointer of an instance

[Guest]

Hi,

Dataset ds = new <Typed DataSet>

I want to get the actual type of the pointer (ds), and not the type of the instance being pointed to. In this case, the pointer ds is untyped, while the instance it points to is typed. What I need is to get the type of the pointer ds.

I tried with various methods in the type class, but in vain. How do I do that?

 

[Morten Wennevik]

Hi Rakesh Rajan,

Eh, ds is a variable referencing a DataSet. It's not even a pointer, it's a pointer to another pointer pointing to something, in this case a DataSet object. To find out what ds is "pointing" to at any given moment you use

Type t = ds.GetType();

 

[Stu Smith]

Hi,

Dataset ds = new <Typed DataSet>

I want to get the actual type of the pointer (ds), and not the type of the

instance being pointed to. In this case, the pointer ds is untyped, while
the instance it points to is typed. What I need is to get the type of the
pointer ds.

typeof( Dataset ) ?