DataTable.TableName Property (System.Data)

.NET Framework Class Library

DataTable..::.TableName Property

Gets or sets the name of the DataTable.

Namespace: System.Data
Assembly: System.Data (in System.Data.dll)

Public Property TableName As String

public string TableName { get; set; }

public:
property String^ TableName {
	String^ get ();
	void set (String^ value);
}

member TableName : string with get, set

Property Value

Type: System..::.String
The name of the DataTable.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) or empty string ("") is passed in and this table belongs to a collection.
DuplicateNameException	The table belongs to a collection that already has a table with the same name. (Comparison is case-sensitive).

Remarks

The TableName is used to return this table from the parent DataSet object's DataTableCollection (returned by the Tables property).

Examples

The following example prints the TableName for each table in a collection of DataTable objects.


Private Sub GetTableNames(dataSet As DataSet)
     ' Print each table's TableName.
     Dim table As DataTable
     For Each table In dataSet.Tables
         Console.WriteLine(table.TableName)
     Next table
End Sub


private void GetTableNames(DataSet dataSet)
{
    // Print each table's TableName.
    foreach(DataTable table in dataSet.Tables)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(table.TableName);
    }
}

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

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

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

Reference

DataTable Class

System.Data Namespace

DataSet

Tables

Other Resources

DataTables (ADO.NET)

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