How to change a property's data type (a data type alias)

[youssefbennour]

So, I have a property of type 'object' which on insert or update, I save as a string (for some good reason).
I want to ask about how does OrmLite interprets the 'object' data type, does it interpret it as string by default ?
If it ignores it, how can I make an alias-like data type for the property (i.e. make the POCO's property of type 'object' but have it's corresponding column of type string/nvarchar in the database ?

[mythz]

You should avoid saving unknown types like object as serialization libraries won't know what Type to deserialize back into without embedding non-standard type info in the serialization wire format which isn't supported by most serializers.

I'd recommend either saving the concrete Complex Type which will be de/serialized by the RDBMS registered Complex Type Serializer or if you want to serialize unknown payloads serialize it as a string and have your App handle what unknown type to deserialize it back into.