Cannot convert values to String using $odata.Value("C068332","String")

[patrickdizon]

I have an object for data types and search parameters:

var dataTypes = { CustomerNumber: "String", FirstName: "String", Orders: "Int" }
var params = { CustomerNumber: "C068211", FirstName: "John", Orders: 30}

But when I run this:

oData.filter(p, new $odata.Value(params["CustomerNumber"], _dataTypes["CustomerNumber"]));

I get this error:

odataresources.js:163 Uncaught Cannot convert C068211 into String

I execute the oData.filter in a loop so that I can just loop through the parameters like so:

angular.forEach(params, function(v, p){
   oData.filter(p, new $odata.Value(v, dataTypes[p]));
}

I've worked around this by excluding Strings like so:

angular.forEach(params, function(v, p){
   if(dataTypes[p] != "String") {
      oData.filter(p, new $odata.Value(v, dataTypes[p]));
   } else {
      oData.filter(p, v);
   }
}

But would be best if i can avoid the if else statement.

Best.