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DataColumn.Ordinal Property

.NET Framework 4.5

Gets the (zero-based) position of the column in the DataColumnCollection collection.

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

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

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.

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);
}

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

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

Reference

DataColumn Class

System.Data Namespace

Other Resources

DataSets, DataTables, and DataViews (ADO.NET)

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