Occurs when a value is being changed for the specified
DataColumn in a
DataRow.
Namespace: System.Data
Assembly: System.Data (in system.data.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Event ColumnChanging As DataColumnChangeEventHandler
Dim instance As DataTable
Dim handler As DataColumnChangeEventHandler
AddHandler instance.ColumnChanging, handler
public event DataColumnChangeEventHandler ColumnChanging
public:
event DataColumnChangeEventHandler^ ColumnChanging {
void add (DataColumnChangeEventHandler^ value);
void remove (DataColumnChangeEventHandler^ value);
/** @event */
public void add_ColumnChanging (DataColumnChangeEventHandler value)
/** @event */
public void remove_ColumnChanging (DataColumnChangeEventHandler value)
JScript supports the use of events, but not the declaration of new ones.
For more information, see Working with DataTable Events.
Private Shared Sub DataTableColumnChanging()
Dim custTable As DataTable = New DataTable("Customers")
' add columns
custTable.Columns.Add("id", Type.GetType("System.Int32"))
custTable.Columns.Add("name", Type.GetType("System.String"))
custTable.Columns.Add("address", Type.GetType("System.String"))
' set PrimaryKey
custTable.Columns("id").Unique = true
custTable.PrimaryKey = New DataColumn() { custTable.Columns("id")
' add a ColumnChanging event handler for the table.
AddHandler custTable.ColumnChanging, New _
DataColumnChangeEventHandler(AddressOf Column_Changing )
' add ten rows
Dim id As Integer
For id = 1 To 10
custTable.Rows.Add( _
New Object() { id, string.Format("customer{0", id), _
string.Format("address{0", id) )
Next
custTable.AcceptChanges()
' change the name column in all the rows
Dim row As DataRow
For Each row In custTable.Rows
row("name") = string.Format("vip{0", row("id"))
Next
End Sub
Private Shared Sub Column_Changing(sender As Object, _
e As DataColumnChangeEventArgs)
Console.WriteLine( _
"Column_Changing Event: name={0; Column={1; proposed name={2", _
e.Row("name"), e.Column.ColumnName, e.ProposedValue)
End Sub
private static void DataTableColumnChanging()
{
DataTable custTable = new DataTable("Customers");
// add columns
custTable.Columns.Add("id", typeof(int));
custTable.Columns.Add("name", typeof(string));
custTable.Columns.Add("address", typeof(string));
// set PrimaryKey
custTable.Columns[ "id" ].Unique = true;
custTable.PrimaryKey = new DataColumn[] { custTable.Columns["id"] ;
// add a ColumnChanging event handler for the table.
custTable.ColumnChanging += new
DataColumnChangeEventHandler(Column_Changing );
// add ten rows
for(int id=1; id<=10; id++)
{
custTable.Rows.Add(
new object[] { id, string.Format(
"customer{0", id), string.Format("address{0", id) );
custTable.AcceptChanges();
// change the name column in all the rows
foreach(DataRow row in custTable.Rows )
{
row["name"] = string.Format("vip{0", row["id"]);
private static void Column_Changing(object sender,
DataColumnChangeEventArgs e )
{
Console.WriteLine(
"Column_Changing Event: name={0; Column={1; proposed name={2",
e.Row["name"], e.Column.ColumnName, e.ProposedValue );
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.NET Framework
Supported in: 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
.NET Compact Framework
Supported in: 2.0, 1.0