DataRow: Select cell value by a given column name

Question

I have a problem with a DataRow that I\'m really struggling with.

The datarow is read in from an Excel spreadsheet using an OleDbConnection.

If I try to sele

Answer 1

Which version of .NET are you using? Since .NET 3.5, there's an assembly System.Data.DataSetExtensions, which contains various useful extensions for dataTables, dataRows and the like.

You can try using

row.Field("fieldName");

if that doesn't work, you can do this:

DataTable table = new DataTable();
var myColumn = table.Columns.Cast().SingleOrDefault(col => col.ColumnName == "myColumnName");
if (myColumn != null)
{
    // just some roww
    var tableRow = table.AsEnumerable().First();
    var myData = tableRow.Field(myColumn);
    // or if above does not work
    myData = tableRow.Field(table.Columns.IndexOf(myColumn));
}