Unique Property
.NET Framework Class Library
DataColumn..::.Unique Property

Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the values in each row of the column must be unique.

Namespace:  System.Data
Assembly:  System.Data (in System.Data.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Property Unique As Boolean
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As DataColumn
Dim value As Boolean

value = instance.Unique

instance.Unique = value
C#
public bool Unique { get; set; }
Visual C++
public:
property bool Unique {
    bool get ();
    void set (bool value);
}
JScript
public function get Unique () : boolean
public function set Unique (value : boolean)

Property Value

Type: System..::.Boolean
true if the value must be unique; otherwise, false. The default is false.
ExceptionCondition
ArgumentException

The column is a calculated column.

As soon as this property is changed from false to true, a unique constraint will be created on this column to make sure that values are unique.

The following example creates new DataColumn, sets its properties, and adds it to a table's columns collection.

Visual Basic
Private Sub AddColumn(table As DataTable)
    ' Add a DataColumn to the collection and set its properties.
    ' The constructor sets the ColumnName of the column.
    Dim column As DataColumn = New DataColumn("Total")
    column.DataType = System.Type.GetType("System.Decimal")
    column.ReadOnly = True
    column.Expression = "UnitPrice * Quantity"
    column.Unique = False
End Sub
C#
private void AddColumn(DataTable table)
{
    // Add a DataColumn to the collection and set its properties.
    // The constructor sets the ColumnName of the column.
    DataColumn column = new DataColumn("Total");
    column.DataType = System.Type.GetType("System.Decimal");
    column.ReadOnly = true;
    column.Expression = "UnitPrice * Quantity";
    column.Unique = false;
}

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

.NET Framework

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

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
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