Convert datatable to JSON in C#

Question

1. I want to get records from database into a DataTable.
2. Then convert the DataTable into a JSON object.
3. Return the JSON ob

Answer 1

Convert datatable to JSON using C#.net

 public static object DataTableToJSON(DataTable table)
    {
        var list = new List>();

        foreach (DataRow row in table.Rows)
        {
            var dict = new Dictionary();

            foreach (DataColumn col in table.Columns)
            {
                dict[col.ColumnName] = (Convert.ToString(row[col]));
            }
            list.Add(dict);
        }
        JavaScriptSerializer serializer = new JavaScriptSerializer();

        return serializer.Serialize(list);
    }