Converting DataSet/DataTable to CSV

Question

Please let me know, if there any way to generate CSV files from a DataTable or DataSet? To be specific, without manually iterating through rows of DataTable and concatenatin

Answer 1

There is, I hope, also a possible way for doing that:

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        DataTable dt = new DataTable("MyTable");
        dt.Columns.Add("Id", typeof(int));
        dt.Columns.Add("Name", typeof(string));
        DataRow dr1 = dt.NewRow();
        dr1["Id"] = 1;
        dr1["Name"] = "John Smith";
        dt.Rows.Add(dr1);
        DataRow dr2 = dt.NewRow();
        dr2["Id"] = 2;
        dr2["Name"] = "John West";
        dt.Rows.Add(dr2);

        List list = dt.AsEnumerable().ToList();
        var strlist = from dr in list
                      select dr[0] + ", " + dr[1];
        var csv = string.Join(Environment.NewLine,strlist);
        Console.WriteLine(csv);
    }