Convert SqlDataSource to DataTable and DataView

Question

I have the following SqlDataSource and I want to convert it to DataView and read a column from it:

Answer 1

Let me say you have an SqlDataSource named as SqlDataSource1

DataSourceSelectArguments args = new DataSourceSelectArguments();
DataView view = (DataView)SqlDataSource1.Select(args);
DataTable dt = view.ToTable();

Now you can read a column easily from this dt(DataTable) e.g.

int columnNumber = 0;
for(int i=0;i<dt.Rows.Count;i++)
{
    MessageBox.Show(dt.Rows[i][columnNumber].ToString());
}

Reference

Answer 2

The SqlDataSource has a Select method which you can call to get back a DataView from your SqlDataSource - see the MSDN documentation on that.

SqlDataSource dataSource = new SqlDataSource(connectionString, selectSql);
DataView view = (DataView)dataSource.Select(args);

DataTable table = view.ToTable();

Is that what you're looking for??