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# srv_willconvert (Extended Stored Procedure API)
    
> [!IMPORTANT]  
>  [!INCLUDE[ssNoteDepFutureDontUse](../../includes/ssnotedepfuturedontuse-md.md)] Use CLR integration instead.  
  
 Determines whether a specific data type conversion is available within the ODS Library.  
  
## Syntax  
  
```  
  
BOOL srv_willconvert (  
int  
srctype  
,  
int  
desttype   
);  
  
```  
  
## Arguments  
 *srctype*  
 Indicates the data type of the data to be converted. This parameter can be any of the Extended Stored Procedure API data types.  
  
 *desttype*  
 Indicates the data type to which the source data is converted. This parameter can be any of the Extended Stored Procedure API data types.  
  
## Returns  
 TRUE if the data type conversion is supported; FALSE if the data type conversion is not supported.  
  
## Remarks  
 For a description of each data type, see [Data Types (Extended Stored Procedure API)](data-types-extended-stored-procedure-api.md).  
  
> [!IMPORTANT]  
>  You should thoroughly review the source code of extended stored procedures, and you should test the compiled DLLs before you install them on a production server. For information about security review and testing, see this [Microsoft Web site](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=54761&clcid=0x409https://msdn.microsoft.com/security/).  
  
## See Also  
 [srv_convert (Extended Stored Procedure API)](srv-convert-extended-stored-procedure-api.md)