Determine if DataColumn is numeric

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Is there a better way than this to check if a DataColumn in a DataTable is numeric (coming from a SQL Server database)?

  Database db = DatabaseFactory.CreateDatabase();
  DbCommand cmd = db.GetStoredProcCommand("Get_Some_Data");
  DataSet ds = db.ExecuteDataSet(cmd);

  foreach (DataTable tbl in ds.Tables) {
    foreach (DataColumn col in tbl.Columns) {
      if (col.DataType == typeof(System.Single)
        || col.DataType == typeof(System.Double)
        || col.DataType == typeof(System.Decimal)
        || col.DataType == typeof(System.Byte)
        || col.DataType == typeof(System.Int16)
        || col.DataType == typeof(System.Int32)
        || col.DataType == typeof(System.Int64)) {
        // this column is numeric
      } else {
        // this column is not numeric
      }
    }
  }
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