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Datatable select with multiple conditions

Asked 2010-01-02T08:07:03.273
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I have a datatable with 4 columns A, B, C and D such that a particular combination of values for column A, B and C is unique in the datatable.

Objective: To find the value of column D, for a given combination of values for column A, B and C.

I guess looping over the set of data rows should do it. Is there a way to use Datatable.Select() to accomplish this? To be more specific - can I have multiple conditions in the select filter i.e. a logical AND operator connecting conditions for each of the columns A, B and C.

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Yes, the DataTable.Select method supports boolean operators in the same way that you would use them in a "real" SQL statement:

DataRow[] results = table.Select("A = 'foo' AND B = 'bar' AND C = 'baz'");

See DataColumn.Expression in MSDN for the syntax supported by DataTable's Select method.

answered 2010-01-02T08:13:37.687
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I found that having too many and's would return incorrect results (for .NET 1.1 anyway)

DataRow[] results = table.Select("A = 'foo' AND B = 'bar' AND C = 'baz' and D ='fred' and E = 'marg'");

In my case A was the 12th field in a table and the select was effectively ignoring it.

However if I did

DataRow[] results = table.Select("A = 'foo' AND (B = 'bar' AND C = 'baz' and D ='fred' and E = 'marg')");

The filter worked correctly!

answered 2010-05-06T10:35:14.340

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