Does the SQL Server CE engine have to be told the commandtype is text if that should be obvious?

Question

I've got this code:

using (SqlCeConnection sqlConn = new SqlCeConnection(@"Data Source=\my documents\\PlatypusDB.SDF"))
{
    sqlConn.Open();
    string dmlStr = "insert into platypus_settings (setting_name, setting_value) values(?, ?)";
    SqlCeCommand cmd = new SqlCeCommand(dmlStr, sqlConn);
    cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text; //<-- necessary?
    cmd.Parameters[0].Value = settingName;
    cmd.Parameters[1].Value = settingVal;
    try
    {
        cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        Platypus.ExceptionHandler(ex, "writeSettingsVal");
    }
}

...but don't know if the commented line is needed, is bloatcode, or doesn't matter either way?

Answer 1

... but don't know if the commented line is needed

No. Not because it's obvious but because it happens to be the default.

From MSDN:

Property Value
One of the CommandType values. The default is Text.

Having said that, it certainly is not bloat-code and I might include it, just to make the code a little less ambigious to read.