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RedRocket
RedRocket

Reputation: 1733

How to get a value that is not null in a datatable column

I have a datatable and I want to get the values that is not null or empty in one column.

This is my datatable (dt)

emp_id     emp_name      gender       Position
1          Peter         M            Trainee
2          Amy           F            
3          Jessica       F
4          Josh          M            Clark
5          Tony          M            Manager



  DataTable dt = new DataTable();

   dt.Columns.Add("emp_name", typeof(string));
   dt.Columns.Add("gender", typeof(string));
   dt.Columns.Add("Position", typeof(string));


   foreach(DataRow row in dt.Rows){
        //get the values in position column that is not null (This does not work)
        string position = row.Field<string>(2);

   }

In this table, you can see Amy and Jessica's position is empty. When I am looping through this table, how can I get the string value that is not null in the position column? Help will be appreciated. Thanks

Upvotes: 0

Views: 13502

Answers (3)

user5308950
user5308950

Reputation:

Try this

  DataTable dt = new DataTable();

  dt.Columns.Add("emp_name", typeof(string));
  dt.Columns.Add("gender", typeof(string));
  dt.Columns.Add("Position", typeof(string));

  DataRow[] result = dt.Select("Position != null and Position != ''");
  foreach (DataRow row in result)
  {
      string position = row.Field<string>(2);
  }

Upvotes: 2

Yogi
Yogi

Reputation: 9739

Try this - 

        foreach (DataRow row in dt.Rows)
        {
            //get the values in position column that is not null (This does not work)
            var position = row.Field<string>("Position");

            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(position))
            {
                //Null or empty
            }
            else
            {
                //Not null
            }

        }

Upvotes: 1

Linh Tuan
Linh Tuan

Reputation: 448

Maybe This code help you:

public static T GetReaderValue<T>(SqlDataReader reader, string fieldName)
        {
            if (reader != null && reader[fieldName] != null)
            {
                object value = reader[fieldName];
                if (value is DBNull)
                    return default(T);
                return (T)reader[fieldName];
            }
            return default(T);
        }

using:

result.OfficeID = GlobalUtilities.GetReaderValue<int>(reader, "OfficeID");

Upvotes: 0

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