I need to figure out how to get the type of a generic parameter in order to
create an instance of this generic type using Activator.CreateInstance().
While there's Activator.CreateInstance<T>() that works with a generic
parameter, it doesn't accept parameters for constructors, so it looks like
CreateInstance() is what I need to use.

However, I can't figure out how to get the explicit type from the <T>
parameter. For example, here's my method signature:

public static TDataContext
GetWebRequestScopedDataContext<TDataContext>(string key, string
connectionString)
                  where TDataContext : DataContext, new()
{
     // *** Doesn't work
     Type t = typeof(TDataContext);

    // *** doesn't work
    t = TDataContext;

   // *** This is what I need to do...
   TDataContext context = Activator.CreateInstance(t,connectionString);
...
}

Is there any way to do this?

Looking at what CreateInstance<T> does with Reflector doesn't help as it
goes off into some external code that's not traceable.

Any ideas?

TIA,

+++ Rick ---