# DBInterface specify types?

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/dbinterface-specify-types/69956
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** database
**Created:** [October 18, 2021, 2:21am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/dbinterface-specify-types/69956 "2021-10-18T02:21:36Z")
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#### Post date: [October 18, 2021, 2:21am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/dbinterface-specify-types/69956/1 "2021-10-18T02:21:36Z")

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Is there an equivalent of CSV.read types=  
e.g.

`DBInterface.execute( "select statement", types = Dict( Col1 => Date, ... ) ) `

Querying SQL server, DateTime comes through ok, but Date becames a string