Iterate through DataSet

c# dataset
user902949 picture user902949 · May 30, 2012 · Viewed 113.9k times · Source

I have a DataSet named DataSet1. It contains an unknown number of tables and an unknown number of columns and rows in those tables. I would like to loop through each table and look at all of the data in each row for each column. I'm not sure how to code this. Any help would be appreciated!

Answer

Steven Doggart picture Steven Doggart · May 30, 2012 
foreach (DataTable table in dataSet.Tables)
{
    foreach (DataRow row in table.Rows)
    {
        foreach (object item in row.ItemArray)
        {
            // read item
        }
    }
}

Or, if you need the column info:

foreach (DataTable table in dataSet.Tables)
{
    foreach (DataRow row in table.Rows)
    {
        foreach (DataColumn column in table.Columns)
        {
            object item = row[column];
            // read column and item
        }
    }
}

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