DataColumn.Ordinal Property (System.Data)

Ordinal Property

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Microsoft Visual Studio 2008/.NET Framework 3.5

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.NET Framework Class Library

DataColumn..::.Ordinal Property

Gets the position of the column in the DataColumnCollection collection.

Namespace: System.Data
Assembly: System.Data (in System.Data.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

<BrowsableAttribute(False)> _
Public ReadOnly Property Ordinal As Integer

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As DataColumn
Dim value As Integer

value = instance.Ordinal

[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
public int Ordinal { get; }

Visual C++

[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
public:
property int Ordinal {
    int get ();
}

JScript

public function get Ordinal () : int

Property Value

Type: System..::.Int32
The position of the column. Gets -1 if the column is not a member of a collection.

Examples

The following example returns the column name, ordinal, and data type of a column.

Visual Basic

Private Sub PrintColumnDetails(ByVal column As DataColumn)
    ' Print the Ordinal, ColumnName, and 
    ' DataType of the column.
    Console.WriteLine(column.Ordinal)
    Console.WriteLine(column.ColumnName)
    Console.WriteLine(column.DataType)
End Sub

private void PrintColumnDetails(DataColumn column)
{
    // Print the Ordinal, ColumnName, and 
    // DataType of the column.
    Console.WriteLine(column.Ordinal);
    Console.WriteLine(column.ColumnName);
    Console.WriteLine(column.DataType);
}

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune

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.

Version Information

.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

Reference

DataColumn Class

DataColumn Members

System.Data Namespace

Other Resources

DataSets, DataTables, and DataViews (ADO.NET)