I want to know how to transform a DataTable into a Dictionary. I did something like this.
using System.Linq; internal Dictionary<string,object> GetDict(DataTable dt) { return dt.AsEnumerable() .ToDictionary<string, object>(row => row.Field<string>(0), row => row.Field<object>(1)); }
But I get:
System.Data.EnumerableRowCollection does not contains a definition for 'ToDictionary' and the best extension method overload 'System.Linq.Parallel.Enumerable.ToDictionary(System.Linq.ParallelQuery, System.Func, System.Collections.Generic.IEqualityComrparer)' has some invalid argumentsch
How can I resolve this?
Thanks
When we need to transform 2 columns of data table to a dictionary, we can use LINQ. Dictionary is a Key Value Pair collection and Key should be unique. You can create the Dictionary<TKey, TValue> object by passing the type of keys and values it can store.
Solution 4You can return DataTable in WebService. You just need to give full DataTable name. DataTable dt = new DataTable("YourTableName"); That's all.
The generic method ToDictionary
has 3 parameters. You left one off, so it doesn't know what to do. If you want to specify all of the parameters, it would be <DataRow, string, object>
.
internal Dictionary<string,object> GetDict(DataTable dt) { return dt.AsEnumerable() .ToDictionary<DataRow, string, object>(row => row.Field<string>(0), row => row.Field<object>(1)); }
Of course, if you leave them off, the compiler is able to infer the types, so you don't get the error.
All the previos answers didn't help me, so I did this:
myList = dt.AsEnumerable() .ToDictionary<DataRow, string, string>(row => row[0].ToString(), row => row[1].ToString());
and it worked great!
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