Fastest way to convert datatable to generic list

Question

I have a data tier select method that returns a datatable. It\'s called from a business tier method that should then return a strongly typed generic List.

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Answer 1

public partial class issuereceive_manageroffice_bal
{
    public int issue_id{get;set;}
    public string process{get;set;}
    public DateTime issue_date{get;set;}
    public TimeSpan issue_time{get;set;}
    public string eg_no{get;set;}
    public string lotno{get;set;}
    public string clarity{get;set;}
    public string sieves{get;set;}
    public string shape{get;set;}
    public double issue_carat{get;set;}
    public int issue_pieces{get;set;}
    public int receive_pieces{get;set;}
    public double receive_carat{get;set;}
    public int kp_pieces{get;set;}
    public decimal kp_carat{get;set;}
    public double loss{get;set;}
    public string issue_manager{get;set;}
    public string issue_by{get;set;}
    public string receive_by{get;set;}
    public int status{get;set;}
    public DateTime receive_date{get;set;}
    public string receive_time{get;set;}
    public int factory_id{get;set;}

}


List issue_receive_list = new List();
issue_receive_list =
      (from DataRow dr in DataTable.Rows
      select new issuereceive_manageroffice_bal()
           {
               issue_id = 0,
               issue_time = TimeSpan.Parse("0"),
               receive_time = null,
               shape = null,
               process = dr["process"].ToString(),
               issue_date = Convert.ToDateTime(dr["issue_date"]),
               eg_no = dr["eg_no"].ToString(),
               lotno = dr["lotno"].ToString(),
               clarity = dr["clarity"].ToString(),
               sieves = dr["sieves"].ToString(),
               issue_carat = dr["issue_carat"].ToString() != "" ? double.Parse(dr["issue_carat"].ToString()) : 0,
               issue_pieces = dr["issue_pieces"].ToString() != "" ? int.Parse(dr["issue_pieces"].ToString()) : 0,
               receive_carat = dr["receive_carat"].ToString() != "" ? double.Parse(dr["receive_carat"].ToString()) : 0,
               kp_pieces = dr["kp_pieces"].ToString() != "" ? int.Parse(dr["kp_pieces"].ToString()) : 0,
               kp_carat = dr["kp_carat"].ToString() != "" ? decimal.Parse(dr["kp_carat"].ToString()) : 0,
               loss = dr["loss"].ToString() != "" ? double.Parse(dr["loss"].ToString()) : 0,
               issue_manager = dr["lotno"].ToString(),
               issue_by = dr["issue_by"].ToString(),
               receive_by = dr["receive_by"].ToString(),
               status = dr["status"].ToString() != "" ? int.Parse(dr["status"].ToString()) : 0,
               receive_date = Convert.ToDateTime(dr["receive_date"]),
               factory_id = dr["factory_id"].ToString() != "" ? int.Parse(dr["factory_id"].ToString()) : 0,

           }).ToList();