How I can filter a Datatable?
You can use DataView.
DataView dv = new DataView(yourDatatable);
dv.RowFilter = "query"; // query example = "id = 10"
http://www.csharp-examples.net/dataview-rowfilter/
If you're using at least .NET 3.5, i would suggest to use Linq-To-DataTable
instead since it's much more readable and powerful:
DataTable tblFiltered = table.AsEnumerable()
.Where(row => row.Field<String>("Nachname") == username
&& row.Field<String>("Ort") == location)
.OrderByDescending(row => row.Field<String>("Nachname"))
.CopyToDataTable();
Above code is just an example, actually you have many more methods available.
Remember to add using System.Linq;
and for the AsEnumerable
extension method a reference to the System.Data.DataSetExtensions
dll (How).
use it:
.CopyToDataTable()
example:
string _sqlWhere = "Nachname = 'test'";
string _sqlOrder = "Nachname DESC";
DataTable _newDataTable = yurDateTable.Select(_sqlWhere, _sqlOrder).CopyToDataTable();
Sometimes you actually want to return a DataTable
than a DataView
. So a DataView
was not good in my case and I guess few others would want that too. Here is what I used to do
myDataTable.select("myquery").CopyToDataTable()
This will filter myDataTable
which is a DataTable and return a new DataTable
Hope someone will find that is useful
For anybody who work in VB.NET (just in case)
Dim dv As DataView = yourDatatable.DefaultView
dv.RowFilter ="query" ' ex: "parentid = 0"