DataColumnCollection Class

The DataColumnCollection defines the schema of a DataTable, and determines what kind of data each DataColumn can contain. You can access the DataColumnCollection through the Columns property of the DataTable object.

The DataColumnCollection uses the Add and Remove methods to insert and delete DataColumn objects. Use the Count property to determine how many DataColumn objects are in the collection. Use the Contains method to verify whether a specified index or column name exists in the collection.

The following example iterates through a collection of DataColumn objects and prints various properties of each column in the collection.

private void PrintDataTableColumnInfo(DataTable table)
{
    // Use a DataTable object's DataColumnCollection.
    DataColumnCollection columns = table.Columns;

    // Print the ColumnName and DataType for each column. 
    foreach(DataColumn column in columns)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(column.ColumnName);
        Console.WriteLine(column.DataType);
    }
}

.NET Framework

.NET Framework Client Profile

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.

This type is safe for multithreaded read operations. You must synchronize any write operations.

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