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DataTable to CSV export

Export datatable to CSV file

Source

public static void ToCSV(this DataTable table, string delimiter, bool includeHeader)
{

    StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();


   
    if (includeHeader)
    {

        foreach (DataColumn column in table.Columns)
        {

            result.Append(column.ColumnName);

            result.Append(delimiter);

        }



        result.Remove(--result.Length, 0);

        result.Append(Environment.NewLine);

    }



    foreach (DataRow row in table.Rows)
    {

        foreach (object item in row.ItemArray)
        {

            if (item is System.DBNull)

                result.Append(delimiter);

            else
            {

                string itemAsString = item.ToString();

                // Double up all embedded double quotes

                itemAsString = itemAsString.Replace("\"", "\"\"");



                // To keep things simple, always delimit with double-quotes

                // so we don't have to determine in which cases they're necessary

                // and which cases they're not.

                itemAsString = "\"" + itemAsString + "\"";



                result.Append(itemAsString + delimiter);

            }

        }



        result.Remove(--result.Length, 0);

        result.Append(Environment.NewLine);

    }


    using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(@"C:\log.csv", true))
    {
        writer.Write(result.ToString());
        
    }


    

}

Example

DataTable dataTableExportToCSV;
dataTableExportToCSV.ToCSV (",",false);

Author: John

Submitted on: 29 jan. 2010

Language: C#

Type: System.Data

Views: 14938