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.NET Framework 3.5
DataColumn Class
 Ordinal Property
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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)
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
C#
[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.

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
C#
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);
}

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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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