How to bind a table in a dataset to a WPF datagrid in C# and XAML

Question

I have been searching to hours for something very simple: bind a WPF datagrid to a datatable in order to see the columns at design-time. I can’t get any of the examples to w

Answer 1

Using the Microsoft DataGrid in the following way works for me:

In XAML I include the DataGrid:

    <WpfToolkit:DataGrid
        Grid.Row="4" Grid.Column="0"
        ItemsSource="{Binding Path=GridData, Mode=OneWay}" >
    </WpfToolkit:DataGrid>

In my view model I expose a DataView:

  public DataView GridData
  {
     get
     {
        DataSet ds = new DataSet("MyDataSet");

        using (SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(ConnectionString))
        {
           SqlCommand cmd = conn.CreateCommand();
           cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
           cmd.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM HumanResources.Employee";

           SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd);
           da.Fill(ds);
        }

        return ds.Tables[0].DefaultView;
     }
  }