DataTable.CreateDataReader Method
Returns a DataTableReader corresponding to the data within this DataTable.
Namespace: System.Data
Assembly: System.Data (in System.Data.dll)
Return Value
Type: System.Data.DataTableReaderA DataTableReader containing one result set, corresponding to the source DataTable instance.
The following console application creates a DataTable instance. The example then passes the filled DataTable to a procedure that calls the CreateDataReader method, which iterates through the results contained within the DataTableReader.
private static void TestCreateDataReader(DataTable dt) { // Given a DataTable, retrieve a DataTableReader // allowing access to all the tables' data: using (DataTableReader reader = dt.CreateDataReader()) { do { if (!reader.HasRows) { Console.WriteLine("Empty DataTableReader"); } else { PrintColumns(reader); } Console.WriteLine("========================"); } while (reader.NextResult()); } } private static DataTable GetCustomers() { // Create sample Customers table, in order // to demonstrate the behavior of the DataTableReader. DataTable table = new DataTable(); // Create two columns, ID and Name. DataColumn idColumn = table.Columns.Add("ID", typeof(int)); table.Columns.Add("Name", typeof(string)); // Set the ID column as the primary key column. table.PrimaryKey = new DataColumn[] { idColumn }; table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 1, "Mary" }); table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 2, "Andy" }); table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 3, "Peter" }); table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 4, "Russ" }); return table; } private static void PrintColumns(DataTableReader reader) { // Loop through all the rows in the DataTableReader while (reader.Read()) { for (int i = 0; i < reader.FieldCount; i++) { Console.Write(reader[i] + " "); } Console.WriteLine(); } }
The example displays the following output in the console window:
1 Mary
2 Andy
3 Peter
4 Russ
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)
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