Writing a CSV file in .net

Question

I have a requirement to export a dataset as a CSV file.

I have spent a while searching for a set of rules to go by and realised there are quite a few rules and exce

Answer 1

You can use ODBC to read and write CSV files (via OdbcConnection and a suitable connection string). This should be reasonably good for generating CSV files, and will handle things like quoting for you; however I have run into some issues when using it to read CSV files generated by other programs.