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 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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

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