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DataColumn Class
 ColumnName Property

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DataColumn..::.ColumnName Property

Gets or sets the name of the column in the DataColumnCollection.

Namespace:  System.Data
Assembly:  System.Data (in System.Data.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Property ColumnName As String
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As DataColumn
Dim value As String

value = instance.ColumnName

instance.ColumnName = value
C#
public string ColumnName { get; set; }
Visual C++
public:
property String^ ColumnName {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}
JScript
public function get ColumnName () : String
public function set ColumnName (value : String)

Property Value

Type: System..::.String
The name of the column.
ExceptionCondition
ArgumentException

The property is set to nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) or an empty string and the column belongs to a collection.

DuplicateNameException

A column with the same name already exists in the collection. The name comparison is not case sensitive.

When a DataColumn is created, it has no ColumnName value. However, when the DataColumn is added to a DataColumnCollection for a DataTable object, it is given a default name ("Column1", "Column2", and so on).

By default, the Caption value is set to the ColumnName value.

The following examples gets the ColumnName for every column in every table in a DataSet. The example also shows how to create a DataColumn with a new ColumnName.

Visual Basic
Private Sub PrintColumnNames(dataSet As DataSet)
    Dim table As DataTable
    Dim column As DataColumn 

    ' For each DataTable, print the ColumnName.
    For Each table in dataSet.Tables
        For Each column in table.Columns
        Console.WriteLine(column.ColumnName)
        Next
    Next
End Sub

Private Sub AddColumn(table As DataTable)
    Dim column As DataColumn
    column = New DataColumn()

    With column
        .ColumnName = "SupplierID"
        .DataType = System.Type.GetType("System.String")
        .Unique = True
        .AutoIncrement = False
        .Caption = "SupplierID"
        .ReadOnly = False
    End With

    ' Add the column to the table's columns collection.
    table.Columns.Add(column)
End Sub

C#
private void PrintColumnNames(DataSet dataSet)
{
    // For each DataTable, print the ColumnName.
    foreach(DataTable table in dataSet.Tables)
    {
        foreach(DataColumn column in table.Columns)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(column.ColumnName);
        }
    }
}

private void AddColumn(DataTable table)
{
    DataColumn column;
    column = new DataColumn();
    column.ColumnName = "SupplierID";
    column.DataType = System.Type.GetType("System.String");
    column.Unique = true;
    column.AutoIncrement = false;
    column.Caption = "SupplierID";
    column.ReadOnly = false;

    // Add the column to the table's columns collection.
    table.Columns.Add(column);
}

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The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
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