diff --git a/api/pkgs/@duckdb/node-api/README.md b/api/pkgs/@duckdb/node-api/README.md
index 3bfd2d8..e64b6a1 100644
--- a/api/pkgs/@duckdb/node-api/README.md
+++ b/api/pkgs/@duckdb/node-api/README.md
@@ -191,6 +191,12 @@ function typeToString(dataType) {
 }
 ```
 
+While the example above demonstrates how to access the properties of data type objects, there is a much simpler way to convert them to strings:
+
+```ts
+const dataTypeString = dataType.toString();
+```
+
 ### Inspect Data Values
 
 ```ts
diff --git a/api/src/DuckDBType.ts b/api/src/DuckDBType.ts
index 773bcad..ddb629c 100644
--- a/api/src/DuckDBType.ts
+++ b/api/src/DuckDBType.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 import { DuckDBTypeId } from './DuckDBTypeId';
+import { quotedIdentifier, quotedString } from './sql';
 
 export abstract class BaseDuckDBType {
   public readonly typeId: DuckDBTypeId;
   protected constructor(typeId: DuckDBTypeId) {
     this.typeId = typeId;
   }
+  public toString(): string {
+    return DuckDBTypeId[this.typeId];
+  }
 }
 
 export class DuckDBBooleanType extends BaseDuckDBType {
@@ -150,6 +154,9 @@ export class DuckDBDecimalType extends BaseDuckDBType {
     this.width = width;
     this.scale = scale;
   }
+  public toString(): string {
+    return `DECIMAL(${this.width},${this.scale})`;
+  }
   public static readonly default = new DuckDBDecimalType(18, 3);
 }
 
@@ -182,6 +189,9 @@ export class DuckDBEnumType extends BaseDuckDBType {
     this.values = values;
     this.internalTypeId = internalTypeId;
   }
+  public toString(): string {
+    return `ENUM(${this.values.map(quotedString).join(', ')})`;
+  }
 }
 
 export class DuckDBListType extends BaseDuckDBType {
@@ -190,6 +200,9 @@ export class DuckDBListType extends BaseDuckDBType {
     super(DuckDBTypeId.LIST);
     this.valueType = valueType;
   }
+  public toString(): string {
+    return `${this.valueType}[]`;
+  }
 }
 
 export interface DuckDBStructEntryType {
@@ -203,6 +216,11 @@ export class DuckDBStructType extends BaseDuckDBType {
     super(DuckDBTypeId.STRUCT);
     this.entries = entries;
   }
+  public toString(): string {
+    return `STRUCT(${this.entries.map(
+      entry => `${quotedIdentifier(entry.name)} ${entry.valueType}`
+    ).join(', ')})`;
+  }
 }
 
 export class DuckDBMapType extends BaseDuckDBType {
@@ -213,6 +231,9 @@ export class DuckDBMapType extends BaseDuckDBType {
     this.keyType = keyType;
     this.valueType = valueType;
   }
+  public toString(): string {
+    return `MAP(${this.keyType}, ${this.valueType})`;
+  }
 }
 
 export class DuckDBArrayType extends BaseDuckDBType {
@@ -223,6 +244,9 @@ export class DuckDBArrayType extends BaseDuckDBType {
     this.valueType = valueType;
     this.length = length;
   }
+  public toString(): string {
+    return `${this.valueType}[${this.length}]`;
+  }
 }
 
 export class DuckDBUUIDType extends BaseDuckDBType {
@@ -243,6 +267,11 @@ export class DuckDBUnionType extends BaseDuckDBType {
     super(DuckDBTypeId.UNION);
     this.alternatives = alternatives;
   }
+  public toString(): string {
+    return `UNION(${this.alternatives.map(
+      entry => `${quotedIdentifier(entry.tag)} ${entry.valueType}`
+    ).join(', ')})`;
+  }
 }
 
 export class DuckDBBitType extends BaseDuckDBType {
@@ -256,6 +285,9 @@ export class DuckDBTimeTZType extends BaseDuckDBType {
   private constructor() {
     super(DuckDBTypeId.TIME_TZ);
   }
+  public toString(): string {
+    return "TIME WITH TIME ZONE";
+  }
   public static readonly instance = new DuckDBTimeTZType();
 }
 
@@ -263,6 +295,9 @@ export class DuckDBTimestampTZType extends BaseDuckDBType {
   private constructor() {
     super(DuckDBTypeId.TIMESTAMP_TZ);
   }
+  public toString(): string {
+    return "TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE";
+  }
   public static readonly instance = new DuckDBTimestampTZType();
 }
 
diff --git a/api/src/index.ts b/api/src/index.ts
index a9604a7..f81a423 100644
--- a/api/src/index.ts
+++ b/api/src/index.ts
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ export * from './DuckDBTypeId';
 export * from './DuckDBValue';
 export * from './DuckDBVector';
 export * from './enums';
+export * from './sql';
 export * from './version';
diff --git a/api/src/sql.ts b/api/src/sql.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91460da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/sql.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export function quotedString(input: string): string {
+  return `'${input.replace(`'`, `''`)}'`;
+}
+
+export function quotedIdentifier(input: string): string {
+  return `"${input.replace(`"`, `""`)}"`;
+}
diff --git a/api/test/api.test.ts b/api/test/api.test.ts
index 3ca70c3..0fad963 100644
--- a/api/test/api.test.ts
+++ b/api/test/api.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { assert, describe, test } from 'vitest';
 import {
+  DuckDBAnyType,
   DuckDBArrayType,
   DuckDBArrayVector,
   DuckDBBigIntType,
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ import {
   DuckDBMapVector,
   DuckDBPendingResultState,
   DuckDBResult,
+  DuckDBSQLNullType,
   DuckDBSmallDecimal,
   DuckDBSmallIntType,
   DuckDBSmallIntVector,
@@ -283,6 +285,10 @@ describe('api', () => {
     const ver = version();
     assert.ok(ver.startsWith('v'), `version starts with 'v'`);
   });
+  test('should expose configuration option descriptions', () => {
+    const descriptions = configurationOptionDescriptions();
+    assert.ok(descriptions['memory_limit'], `descriptions has 'memory_limit'`);
+  });
   test('ReturnResultType enum', () => {
     assert.equal(ResultReturnType.INVALID, 0);
     assert.equal(ResultReturnType.CHANGED_ROWS, 1);
@@ -353,9 +359,55 @@ describe('api', () => {
     assert.equal(StatementType[StatementType.DETACH], 'DETACH');
     assert.equal(StatementType[StatementType.MULTI], 'MULTI');
   });
-  test('should expose configuration option descriptions', () => {
-    const descriptions = configurationOptionDescriptions();
-    assert.ok(descriptions['memory_limit'], `descriptions has 'memory_limit'`);
+  test('DuckDBType toString', () => {
+    assert.equal(DuckDBBooleanType.instance.toString(), 'BOOLEAN');
+    assert.equal(DuckDBTinyIntType.instance.toString(), 'TINYINT');
+    assert.equal(DuckDBSmallIntType.instance.toString(), 'SMALLINT');
+    assert.equal(DuckDBIntegerType.instance.toString(), 'INTEGER');
+    assert.equal(DuckDBBigIntType.instance.toString(), 'BIGINT');
+    assert.equal(DuckDBUTinyIntType.instance.toString(), 'UTINYINT');
+    assert.equal(DuckDBUSmallIntType.instance.toString(), 'USMALLINT');
+    assert.equal(DuckDBUIntegerType.instance.toString(), 'UINTEGER');
+    assert.equal(DuckDBUBigIntType.instance.toString(), 'UBIGINT');
+    assert.equal(DuckDBFloatType.instance.toString(), 'FLOAT');
+    assert.equal(DuckDBDoubleType.instance.toString(), 'DOUBLE');
+    assert.equal(DuckDBTimestampType.instance.toString(), 'TIMESTAMP');
+    assert.equal(DuckDBDateType.instance.toString(), 'DATE');
+    assert.equal(DuckDBTimeType.instance.toString(), 'TIME');
+    assert.equal(DuckDBIntervalType.instance.toString(), 'INTERVAL');
+    assert.equal(DuckDBHugeIntType.instance.toString(), 'HUGEINT');
+    assert.equal(DuckDBUHugeIntType.instance.toString(), 'UHUGEINT');
+    assert.equal(DuckDBVarCharType.instance.toString(), 'VARCHAR');
+    assert.equal(DuckDBBlobType.instance.toString(), 'BLOB');
+    assert.equal((new DuckDBDecimalType(17, 5)).toString(), 'DECIMAL(17,5)');
+    assert.equal(DuckDBTimestampSecondsType.instance.toString(), 'TIMESTAMP_S');
+    assert.equal(DuckDBTimestampMillisecondsType.instance.toString(), 'TIMESTAMP_MS');
+    assert.equal(DuckDBTimestampNanosecondsType.instance.toString(), 'TIMESTAMP_NS');
+    assert.equal(
+      (new DuckDBEnumType(['fly', 'swim', 'walk'], DuckDBTypeId.UTINYINT)).toString(),
+      `ENUM('fly', 'swim', 'walk')`
+    );
+    assert.equal((new DuckDBListType(DuckDBIntegerType.instance)).toString(), 'INTEGER[]');
+    assert.equal((new DuckDBStructType([
+      { name: 'id', valueType: DuckDBVarCharType.instance },
+      { name: 'ts', valueType: DuckDBTimestampType.instance },
+    ])).toString(), 'STRUCT("id" VARCHAR, "ts" TIMESTAMP)');
+    assert.equal(
+      (new DuckDBMapType(DuckDBIntegerType.instance, DuckDBVarCharType.instance)).toString(),
+      'MAP(INTEGER, VARCHAR)'
+    );
+    assert.equal((new DuckDBArrayType(DuckDBIntegerType.instance, 3)).toString(), 'INTEGER[3]');
+    assert.equal(DuckDBUUIDType.instance.toString(), 'UUID');
+    assert.equal((new DuckDBUnionType([
+      { tag: 'str', valueType: DuckDBVarCharType.instance },
+      { tag: 'num', valueType: DuckDBIntegerType.instance },
+    ])).toString(), 'UNION("str" VARCHAR, "num" INTEGER)');
+    assert.equal(DuckDBBitType.instance.toString(), 'BIT');
+    assert.equal(DuckDBTimeTZType.instance.toString(), 'TIME WITH TIME ZONE');
+    assert.equal(DuckDBTimestampTZType.instance.toString(), 'TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE');
+    assert.equal(DuckDBAnyType.instance.toString(), 'ANY');
+    assert.equal(DuckDBVarIntType.instance.toString(), 'VARINT');
+    assert.equal(DuckDBSQLNullType.instance.toString(), 'SQLNULL');
   });
   test('should support creating, connecting, running a basic query, and reading results', async () => {
     const instance = await DuckDBInstance.create();