DataSet.CreateDataReader Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Data

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Data.Common.dll

Returns a DataTableReader with one result set per DataTable, in the same sequence as the tables appear in the Tables collection.

Overloads

CreateDataReader(DataTable[])	Returns a DataTableReader with one result set per DataTable.
CreateDataReader()	Returns a DataTableReader with one result set per DataTable, in the same sequence as the tables appear in the Tables collection.

Examples

This example, a Console application, creates three DataTable instances and adds each to a DataSet. The example calls the CreateDataReader method and displays the contents of the returned DataTableReader. Note that the order of the result sets in the DataTableReader is controlled by the order of the DataTable instances passed as parameters.

Note

This example shows how to use one of the overloaded versions of CreateDataReader. For other examples that might be available, see the individual overload topics.

C#

static DataTable customerTable;
static DataTable productTable;
static DataTable emptyTable;

static void Main()
{
    DataSet dataSet = new DataSet();

    // Add some DataTables to the DataSet, including
    // an empty DataTable:
    emptyTable = new DataTable();
    productTable = GetProducts();
    customerTable = GetCustomers();

    dataSet.Tables.Add(customerTable);
    dataSet.Tables.Add(emptyTable);
    dataSet.Tables.Add(productTable);
    TestCreateDataReader(dataSet);

    Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.");
    Console.ReadKey();
}

private static void TestCreateDataReader(DataSet dataSet)
{
    // Given a DataSet, retrieve a DataTableReader
    // allowing access to all the DataSet's data.
    // Even though the dataset contains three DataTables,
    // this code will only display the contents of two of them,
    // because the code has limited the results to the
    // DataTables stored in the tables array. Because this
    // parameter is declared using the ParamArray keyword,
    // you could also include a list of DataTable instances
    // individually, as opposed to supplying an array of
    // DataTables, as in this example:
    using (DataTableReader reader =
        dataSet.CreateDataReader(productTable, emptyTable))
    {
        do
        {
            if (!reader.HasRows)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Empty DataTableReader");
            }
            else
            {
                PrintColumns(reader);
            }
            Console.WriteLine("========================");
        } while (reader.NextResult());
    }
}

private static DataTable GetCustomers()
{
    // Create sample Customers table, in order
    // to demonstrate the behavior of the DataTableReader.
    DataTable table = new DataTable();

    // Create two columns, ID and Name.
    DataColumn idColumn = table.Columns.Add("ID", typeof(int));
    table.Columns.Add("Name", typeof(string));

    // Set the ID column as the primary key column.
    table.PrimaryKey = new DataColumn[] { idColumn };

    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 1, "Mary" });
    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 2, "Andy" });
    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 3, "Peter" });
    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 4, "Russ" });
    table.AcceptChanges();
    return table;
}

private static DataTable GetProducts()
{
    // Create sample Products table, in order
    // to demonstrate the behavior of the DataTableReader.
    DataTable table = new DataTable();

    // Create two columns, ID and Name.
    DataColumn idColumn = table.Columns.Add("ID", typeof(int));
    table.Columns.Add("Name", typeof(string));

    // Set the ID column as the primary key column.
    table.PrimaryKey = new DataColumn[] { idColumn };

    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 1, "Wireless Network Card" });
    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 2, "Hard Drive" });
    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 3, "Monitor" });
    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 4, "CPU" });
    table.AcceptChanges();
    return table;
}

private static void PrintColumns(DataTableReader reader)
{
    // Loop through all the rows in the DataTableReader
    while (reader.Read())
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < reader.FieldCount; i++)
        {
            Console.Write(reader[i] + " ");
        }
        Console.WriteLine();
    }
}

The example displays the following code in the Console window:

Remarks

In order to ensure the order of the result sets within the returned DataTableReader, if a DataTable within the DataSet is empty, it will be represented by an empty result set within the returned DataTableReader.

CreateDataReader(DataTable[])

Source:

DataSet.cs

Returns a DataTableReader with one result set per DataTable.

C#

public System.Data.DataTableReader CreateDataReader(params System.Data.DataTable[] dataTables);

Parameters

dataTables

DataTable[]

An array of DataTables providing the order of the result sets to be returned in the DataTableReader.

Returns

DataTableReader

A DataTableReader containing one or more result sets, corresponding to the DataTable instances contained within the source DataSet. The returned result sets are in the order specified by the dataTables parameter.

Examples

This example, a Console application, creates three DataTable instances and adds each to a DataSet. The example calls the CreateDataReader method and displays the contents of the returned DataTableReader. Note that the order of the result sets in the DataTableReader is controlled by the order of the DataTable instances passed as parameters. The example displays the results in the Console window.

C#

static DataTable customerTable;
static DataTable productTable;
static DataTable emptyTable;

static void Main()
{
    DataSet dataSet = new DataSet();

    // Add some DataTables to the DataSet, including
    // an empty DataTable:
    emptyTable = new DataTable();
    productTable = GetProducts();
    customerTable = GetCustomers();

    dataSet.Tables.Add(customerTable);
    dataSet.Tables.Add(emptyTable);
    dataSet.Tables.Add(productTable);
    TestCreateDataReader(dataSet);

    Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.");
    Console.ReadKey();
}

private static void TestCreateDataReader(DataSet dataSet)
{
    // Given a DataSet, retrieve a DataTableReader
    // allowing access to all the DataSet's data.
    // Even though the dataset contains three DataTables,
    // this code will only display the contents of two of them,
    // because the code has limited the results to the
    // DataTables stored in the tables array. Because this
    // parameter is declared using the ParamArray keyword,
    // you could also include a list of DataTable instances
    // individually, as opposed to supplying an array of
    // DataTables, as in this example:
    using (DataTableReader reader =
       dataSet.CreateDataReader(productTable, emptyTable))
    {
        do
        {
            if (!reader.HasRows)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Empty DataTableReader");
            }
            else
            {
                PrintColumns(reader);
            }
            Console.WriteLine("========================");
        } while (reader.NextResult());
    }
}

private static DataTable GetCustomers()
{
    // Create sample Customers table, in order
    // to demonstrate the behavior of the DataTableReader.
    DataTable table = new DataTable();

    // Create two columns, ID and Name.
    DataColumn idColumn = table.Columns.Add("ID", typeof(int));
    table.Columns.Add("Name", typeof(string));

    // Set the ID column as the primary key column.
    table.PrimaryKey = new DataColumn[] { idColumn };

    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 1, "Mary" });
    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 2, "Andy" });
    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 3, "Peter" });
    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 4, "Russ" });
    return table;
}

private static DataTable GetProducts()
{
    // Create sample Products table, in order
    // to demonstrate the behavior of the DataTableReader.
    DataTable table = new DataTable();

    // Create two columns, ID and Name.
    DataColumn idColumn = table.Columns.Add("ID", typeof(int));
    table.Columns.Add("Name", typeof(string));

    // Set the ID column as the primary key column.
    table.PrimaryKey = new DataColumn[] { idColumn };

    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 1, "Wireless Network Card" });
    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 2, "Hard Drive" });
    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 3, "Monitor" });
    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 4, "CPU" });
    return table;
}

private static void PrintColumns(DataTableReader reader)
{
    // Loop through all the rows in the DataTableReader
    while (reader.Read())
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < reader.FieldCount; i++)
        {
            Console.Write(reader[i] + " ");
        }
        Console.WriteLine();
    }
}

Remarks

In order to ensure that the order of the result sets within the returned DataTableReader, if a DataTable within the DataSet is empty, it is represented by an empty result set within the returned DataTableReader. Because this overloaded version allows you to supply a list of DataTable instances as parameters, you can specify the order in which the result sets appear within the returned DataTableReader.

See also

• Using DataSets in ADO.NET

CreateDataReader()

Source:

DataSet.cs

Returns a DataTableReader with one result set per DataTable, in the same sequence as the tables appear in the Tables collection.

C#

public System.Data.DataTableReader CreateDataReader();

Returns

DataTableReader

A DataTableReader containing one or more result sets, corresponding to the DataTable instances contained within the source DataSet.

Examples

The following example creates three DataTable instances, and adds each to a DataSet. The example then passes the filled DataSet to a procedure that calls the CreateDataReader method, and proceeds to iterate through all the result sets contained within the DataTableReader. The example displays the results in the Console window.

C#

static void Main()
{
    DataSet dataSet = new DataSet();
    // Add some DataTables to the DataSet, including
    // an empty DataTable:
    dataSet.Tables.Add(GetCustomers());
    dataSet.Tables.Add(new DataTable());
    dataSet.Tables.Add(GetProducts());
    TestCreateDataReader(dataSet);

    Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.");
    Console.ReadKey();
}

private static void TestCreateDataReader(DataSet dataSet)
{
    // Given a DataSet, retrieve a DataTableReader
    // allowing access to all the DataSet's data:
    using (DataTableReader reader = dataSet.CreateDataReader())
    {
        do
        {
            if (!reader.HasRows)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Empty DataTableReader");
            }
            else
            {
                PrintColumns(reader);
            }
            Console.WriteLine("========================");
        } while (reader.NextResult());
    }
}

private static DataTable GetCustomers()
{
    // Create sample Customers table, in order
    // to demonstrate the behavior of the DataTableReader.
    DataTable table = new DataTable();

    // Create two columns, ID and Name.
    DataColumn idColumn = table.Columns.Add("ID", typeof(int));
    table.Columns.Add("Name", typeof(string));

    // Set the ID column as the primary key column.
    table.PrimaryKey = new DataColumn[] { idColumn };

    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 1, "Mary" });
    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 2, "Andy" });
    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 3, "Peter" });
    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 4, "Russ" });
    return table;
}

private static DataTable GetProducts()
{
    // Create sample Products table, in order
    // to demonstrate the behavior of the DataTableReader.
    DataTable table = new DataTable();

    // Create two columns, ID and Name.
    DataColumn idColumn = table.Columns.Add("ID", typeof(int));
    table.Columns.Add("Name", typeof(string));

    // Set the ID column as the primary key column.
    table.PrimaryKey = new DataColumn[] { idColumn };

    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 1, "Wireless Network Card" });
    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 2, "Hard Drive" });
    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 3, "Monitor" });
    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 4, "CPU" });
    return table;
}

private static void PrintColumns(DataTableReader reader)
{
    // Loop through all the rows in the DataTableReader
    while (reader.Read())
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < reader.FieldCount; i++)
        {
            Console.Write(reader[i] + " ");
        }
        Console.WriteLine();
    }
}

Remarks

In order to ensure the order of the result sets within the returned DataTableReader, if a DataTable within the DataSet is empty, it is represented by an empty result set within the returned DataTableReader.

See also

• Using DataSets in ADO.NET