Thursday, December 16, 2010

Convert Convert IEnumerable To DataTable asp.net

///
/// Convert IEnumerableTo DataTable
///

///
///
///

public static DataTable LINQToDataTable(IEnumerable varlist)
{
DataTable dtReturn = new DataTable();

// column names
PropertyInfo[] oProps = null;

if (varlist == null) return dtReturn;

foreach (T rec in varlist)
{
// Use reflection to get property names, to create table, Only first time, others
//will follow
if (oProps == null)
{
oProps = ((Type)rec.GetType()).GetProperties();
foreach (PropertyInfo pi in oProps)
{
Type colType = pi.PropertyType;

if ((colType.IsGenericType) && (colType.GetGenericTypeDefinition()
== typeof(Nullable<>)))
{
colType = colType.GetGenericArguments()[0];
}

dtReturn.Columns.Add(new DataColumn(pi.Name, colType));
}
}

DataRow dr = dtReturn.NewRow();

foreach (PropertyInfo pi in oProps)
{
dr[pi.Name] = pi.GetValue(rec, null) == null ? DBNull.Value : pi.GetValue
(rec, null);
}

dtReturn.Rows.Add(dr);
}
return dtReturn;
}

1 comment:

  1. Error: T is undefined. and couln't solve the problem.

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