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System.Data Namespace Component DataColumn Class Definition In this article Examples Remarks Constructors Properties Methods Events Applies to .NET Core .NET Framework .NET Standard Xamarin.Android Xamarin.iOS Xamarin.Mac Thread Safety See also Examples Source/Reference
System.Data Namespace Component
The System.Data namespace provides access to classes that represent the ADO.NET architecture. ADO.NET lets you build components that efficiently manage data from multiple data sources.
DataColumn Class
Definition
Namespace:
System.Data
Assemblies:
System.Data.dll, netstandard.dll, System.Data.Common.dll
Represents the schema of a column in a DataTable .
In this article
Definition
Examples
Remarks
Constructors
Properties
Methods
Events
Applies to
Thread Safety
See also
C#
public class DataColumn : System.ComponentModel.MarshalByValueComponent
Inheritance
Object
MarshalByValueComponent
DataColumn
Examples
The following example creates a DataTable with several DataColumn objects.
C#
private void MakeTable()
{
// Create a DataTable.
DataTable table = new DataTable("Product");
// Create a DataColumn and set various properties.
DataColumn column = new DataColumn();
column.DataType = System.Type.GetType("System.Decimal");
column.AllowDBNull = false;
column.Caption = "Price";
column.ColumnName = "Price";
column.DefaultValue = 25;
// Add the column to the table.
table.Columns.Add(column);
// Add 10 rows and set values.
DataRow row;
for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
row = table.NewRow();
row["Price"] = i + 1;
// Be sure to add the new row to the
// DataRowCollection.
table.Rows.Add(row);
}
}
Remarks
The DataColumn is the fundamental building block for creating the schema of a DataTable . You build the schema by adding one or more DataColumn objects to the DataColumnCollection . For more information, see Adding Columns to a
DataTable .
Each DataColumn has a DataType property that determines the kind of data the DataColumn contains. For example, you can restrict the data type to integers, or strings, or decimals. Because data that is contained by the DataTable is typically merged back into its original data source, you must match the data types to those in the data source. For more information, see
Data Type Mappings in ADO.NET .
Properties such as AllowDBNull , Unique , and ReadOnly put restrictions on the entry and updating of data, thereby helping to guarantee data integrity. You can also use the AutoIncrement , AutoIncrementSeed , and
AutoIncrementStep properties to control automatic data generation. For more information about AutoIncrement columns, see Creating AutoIncrement Columns . For more information, see Defining Primary Keys .
You can also make sure that values in a DataColumn are unique by creating a UniqueConstraint and adding it to the ConstraintCollection of the DataTable to which the DataColumn belongs. For more information, see
DataTable Constraints .
To create a relation between DataColumn objects, create a DataRelation object and add it to the DataRelationCollection of a DataSet .
You can use the Expression property of the DataColumn object to calculate the values in a column, or create an aggregate column. For more information, see Creating Expression Columns .
Constructors
DataColumn()
Initializes a new instance of a DataColumn class as type string.
DataColumn(String)
Initializes a new instance of the DataColumn class, as type string, using the specified column name.
DataColumn(String, Type)
Initializes a new instance of the DataColumn class using the specified column name and data type.
DataColumn(String, Type, String)
Initializes a new instance of the DataColumn class using the specified name, data type, and expression.
DataColumn(String, Type, String, MappingType)
Initializes a new instance of the DataColumn class using the specified name, data type, expression, and value that determines whether the column is an attribute.
Properties
Methods
Events
Applies to
.NET Core
3.0 Preview 8 2.2 2.1 2.0
.NET Framework
4.8 4.7.2 4.7.1 4.7 4.6.2 4.6.1 4.6 4.5.2 4.5.1 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.0 1.1
.NET Standard
2.1 Preview 2.0
Xamarin.Android
7.1
Xamarin.iOS
10.8
Xamarin.Mac
3.0
Thread Safety
This type is safe for multithreaded read operations. You must synchronize any write operations.
See also
Examples Examples of DataColumn Class
ASP.NET Code Input: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>Sample Page</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8">
<script runat="server" >
Sub Page_Load()
Dim xstr As String
Dim xconn As New System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection
xconn.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=T:\test.mdb;User Id=admin;Password=;"
xconn.Open()
xstr = xstr + "Connection xconn to database test.mdb is opened successfully.<br />"
Dim xdata As New System.Data.DataSet
Dim xadapt As System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter
Dim sql As String = "SELECT * FROM T1"
xadapt = New System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter(sql, xconn)
xstr = xstr + "Dataadapter xadapt is assigned to SELECT * FROM T1 through xconn successfully.<br />"
xadapt.Fill(xdata,"T1")
xstr = xstr + "Dataset xdata is filled by xadapt.fill successfully.<br />"
xstr = xstr + "<br />"
Dim xcol As System.Data.DataColumn
xstr = xstr + "Declare a table column, xcol<br />"
xcol = xdata.tables(0).Columns(0)
xstr = xstr + "Assign xdata.tables(0).Columns(0) to table column, xcol <br />"
xstr = xstr + "->xcol.ColumnName: " + xcol.ColumnName + "<br />"
xstr = xstr + "->xcol.Caption: " + xcol.Caption + "<br />"
xstr = xstr + "->xcol.Ordinal: " + xcol.Ordinal.ToString + "<br />"
xstr = xstr + "->xcol.DataType: " + xcol.DataType.ToString + "<br />"
xstr = xstr + "->xcol.MaxLength: " + xcol.MaxLength.ToString + "<br />"
xstr = xstr + "->xcol.DefaultValue: " + xcol.DefaultValue + "<br />"
xstr = xstr + "->xcol.AllowDBNull: " + xcol.AllowDBNull.ToString + "<br />"
xstr = xstr + "<br />"
xadapt.Dispose()
xstr = xstr + "Dataadapter xadapt is disposed successfully.<br />"
xconn.Close()
xstr = xstr + "Connection xconn is closed successfully.<br />"
xstr = xstr + "Dataset xdata.tables(T1).rows(0).item(1):" + xdata.Tables("T1").Rows(0).Item("f1") + "<br />"
xdata.Dispose()
xstr = xstr + "Dataset xdata is disposed successfully.<br />"
lbl01.Text = xstr
End Sub
</script>
</head>
<body>
<%Response.Write("<p>Results on "& Request.ServerVariables("SERVER_SOFTWARE") & " .net: " & System.Environment.Version.ToString & " " & ScriptEngine & " Version " & ScriptEngineMajorVersion & "." & ScriptEngineMinorVersion & "</p>")%>
<% Response.Write ("<h1>This is a Sample Page of DataColumn Class</h1>") %>
<p>
<%-- Set on Page_Load --%>
<asp:Label id="lbl01" runat="server" />
</p>
</body>
</html>
HTML Web Page Embedded Output:
Source/Reference
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