Create a DataTable
A DataTable represents one table of in-memory relational data. The .NET
developers can create a DataTable object by the following DataTable
constructors DataTable(), DataTable(String), DataTable(SerializationInfo,
StreamingContext), and DataTable(String, String).
DataTable() constructor initializes a new instance of the DataTable class with no arguments. The DataTable(String) constructor initializes a new DataTable class with a specified table name. DataTable(SerializationInfo, StreamingContext) constructor initializes a new DataTable class with SerializationInfo and StreamingContext. DataTable(String, String) constructor initializes a new DataTable class with a specified table name and namespace.
.NET developers can also create DataTable objects by using the DataAdapter object's Fill or FillSchema methods within a DataSet. They also can create DataTable objects by ReadXml, ReadXmlSchema, or InferXmlSchema methods of DataSet. After creating a DataTable object, we can add DataColumn objects to it and can specify a TableName.
The following ADO.NET C# example code demonstrates to us how can we create a DataTable programmatically in an ASP.NET application.
DataTable() constructor initializes a new instance of the DataTable class with no arguments. The DataTable(String) constructor initializes a new DataTable class with a specified table name. DataTable(SerializationInfo, StreamingContext) constructor initializes a new DataTable class with SerializationInfo and StreamingContext. DataTable(String, String) constructor initializes a new DataTable class with a specified table name and namespace.
.NET developers can also create DataTable objects by using the DataAdapter object's Fill or FillSchema methods within a DataSet. They also can create DataTable objects by ReadXml, ReadXmlSchema, or InferXmlSchema methods of DataSet. After creating a DataTable object, we can add DataColumn objects to it and can specify a TableName.
The following ADO.NET C# example code demonstrates to us how can we create a DataTable programmatically in an ASP.NET application.
HowToCreateDataTable.aspx
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Data" %>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<script runat="server">
void Button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
DataColumn dc = new DataColumn();
dc.ColumnName = "ProductID";
dc.DataType = typeof(int);
dt.Columns.Add(dc);
DataColumn dc2 = new DataColumn();
dc2.ColumnName = "ProductName";
dc2.DataType = typeof(string);
dt.Columns.Add(dc2);
dt.Rows.Add(new object[] { "2","asp.net example ebook" });
GridView1.DataSource = dt;
GridView1.DataBind();
}
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
<title>DataTable - How to create DataTable programmatically in ado.net</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<h2 style="color:DarkBlue; font-style:italic;">
ADO.NET DataTable - How to create
<br /> DataTable and populate with data in ado.net
</h2>
<hr width="400" align="left" color="DarkBlue" />
<asp:GridView
ID="GridView1"
runat="server"
BorderColor="DodgerBlue"
HeaderStyle-BackColor="AliceBlue"
>
</asp:GridView>
<br />
<asp:Button
ID="Button1"
runat="server"
OnClick="Button1_Click"
Text="Create DataTable and Populate GridView"
Height="45"
Font-Bold="true"
ForeColor="DodgerBlue"
/>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>