DataRow constructor inaccessible when writing DataSet extension?

josh picture josh · Apr 22, 2013 · Viewed 15.2k times · Source

I am trying to write a couple of extensions to convert UniDataSets and UniRecords to DataSet and DataRow but I get the following error when I try to compile.

'System.Data.DataRow.DataRow(System.Data.DataRowBuilder)' is inaccessible due to its protection level

Is there any way to fix this or should I abandon this approach and come at it a different way?

    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Linq;
    using System.Text;
    using System.Threading.Tasks;
    using System.Data;
    using IBMU2.UODOTNET;

    namespace Extentions
    {
        public static class UniDataExtentions
        {
            public static System.Data.DataSet ImportUniDataSet(this System.Data.DataSet dataSet, IBMU2.UODOTNET.UniDataSet uniDataSet)
            {
                foreach (UniRecord uniRecord in uniDataSet)
                {
                    DataRow dataRow = new DataRow();
                    dataRow.ImportUniRecord(uniRecord);
                    dataSet.Tables[0].ImportRow(dataRow);
                }

                return dataSet;
            }

            public static void ImportUniRecord(this System.Data.DataRow dataRow, IBMU2.UODOTNET.UniRecord uniRecord)
            {
                int fieldCount = uniRecord.Record.Dcount();

                // ADD COLUMS
                dataRow.Table.Columns.AddRange(new DataColumn[fieldCount]);

                // ADD ROW
                for (int x = 1; x < fieldCount; x++)
                {
                    string stringValue = uniRecord.Record.Extract(x).StringValue;
                    dataRow[x] = stringValue;
                }
            }
        }
    }

Answer

Servy picture Servy · Apr 22, 2013

It doesn't matter whether it's in an extension method, or any method. The DataRow constructor is not publicly accessible. You need to use the DataTable.NewRow() method to create a new DataRow.

It will use the schema information from the data table to create a row that matches it. If you just tried to use the constructor on it's own the object would have no idea what schema should be used.