How to efficiently convert DataSet.Tables to List<DataTable>?

Question

I see many posts about converting the table(s) in a DataSet to a list of DataRows or other row data but I was unable to find anything about this question. This is what I came up with using .Net 3.0:

    public static List<DataTable> DataSetToList(DataSet ds)
    {
        List<DataTable> result = new List<DataTable>();

        foreach (DataTable dtbl in ds.Tables)
        {
            result.Add(dtbl);
        }

        return result;
    }

Is there a better way, excluding an extension method?

Thanks

Answer 1

Based on Why LINQ casting with a Data.DataTableCollection this will work;

List<DataTable> result = new List<DataTable>(ds.Tables.Cast<DataTable>())