How to convert String to Enum Type in C#

This is a common question that we need in most of the time in developing. .NET provides powerful function in Enum Class to do that.

enum DBType
{
    SQLSERVER,
    ACCESS,
    SQLCE
}

private static DBType getDBType()
{
    String dbType = "SQLCE";
    return (DBType)Enum.Parse(typeof(DBType),dbType);
}