.Net Tips : Fill DataTable from another DataTable using LINQ with C#.Net and VB.Net example

You can fill DataTable from another DataTable using LINQ after doing LINQ operation.

This would be useful in condition like you need to perform some operation on DataTable using LINQ and get back result into another 'DataTable'. Means, you can filter and projection on one DataTable and get result in another DataTable.

We can achieve this by using 'CopyToDataTable' method of LINQ query result variable.

Here is example for this.
In this example we are taking one DataTable which contains product information like ID, name, etc. Now we get only those products which ID is greater than one by LINQ operation on this table and get result in another table using 'CopyToDataTable' method of LINQ query result variable.


C#. Net Example :

    private DataTable GetProducts()
    {
        DataTable dt = new DataTable();
        DataColumn dc;
        DataRow dr;

        dt.TableName = "product";

        dc = new DataColumn("product_id", int.MaxValue.GetType());
        dt.Columns.Add(dc);

        dc = new DataColumn("product_name");
        dt.Columns.Add(dc);

        dr = dt.NewRow();
        dr["product_id"] = 1;
        dr["product_name"] = "Monitor";
        dt.Rows.Add(dr);

        dr = dt.NewRow();
        dr["product_id"] = 2;
        dr["product_name"] = "Mouse";
        dt.Rows.Add(dr);

        dr = dt.NewRow();
        dr["product_id"] = 3;
        dr["product_name"] = "KeyBoard";
        dt.Rows.Add(dr);

        dr = dt.NewRow();
        dr["product_id"] = 4;
        dr["product_name"] = "LCD";
        dt.Rows.Add(dr);

        return dt;
    }

    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        DataTable dtProd = GetProducts();
        var obj = (from m in dtProd.AsEnumerable() where m.Field<int>("product_id") > 1 select m);
        DataTable dt = obj.CopyToDataTable();
        Response.Write("a");

    }

VB.Net Examples :

    Private Function GetProducts() As DataTable
        Dim dt As New DataTable()
        Dim dc As DataColumn
        Dim dr As DataRow

        dt.TableName = "product"

        dc = New DataColumn("product_id", Integer.MaxValue.[GetType]())
        dt.Columns.Add(dc)

        dc = New DataColumn("product_name")
        dt.Columns.Add(dc)

        dr = dt.NewRow()
        dr("product_id") = 1
        dr("product_name") = "Monitor"
        dt.Rows.Add(dr)

        dr = dt.NewRow()
        dr("product_id") = 2
        dr("product_name") = "Mouse"
        dt.Rows.Add(dr)

        dr = dt.NewRow()
        dr("product_id") = 3
        dr("product_name") = "KeyBoard"
        dt.Rows.Add(dr)

        dr = dt.NewRow()
        dr("product_id") = 4
        dr("product_name") = "LCD"
        dt.Rows.Add(dr)

        Return dt
    End Function

    Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load

        Dim dtProd As DataTable = GetProducts()
        Dim obj = (From m In dtProd.AsEnumerable() Where m.Field(Of Integer)("product_id") > 1 Select m)
        Dim dtResult As DataTable = obj.CopyToDataTable()
    End Sub

Output : 

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