At the moment, when I iterate over the DataRow instances, I do this.
foreach(DataRow row in table)
return yield new Thingy { Name = row["hazaa"] };
Sooner of later (i.e. sooner), I'll get the table to be missing the column donkey and the poo will hit the fan. After some extensive googling (about 30 seconds) I discovered the following protection syntax.
foreach(DataRow row in table)
if(row.Table.Columns.Contains("donkey"))
return yield new Thingy { Name = row["hazaa"] };
else
return null;
Now - is this the simplest syntax?! Really? I was expecting a method that gets me the field if it exists or null otherwise. Or at least a Contains method directly on the row.
Am I missing something? I'll be mapping in many fields that way so the code will look dreadfully unreadable...
You can create an extension method to make it cleaner:
static class DataRowExtensions
{
public static object GetValue(this DataRow row, string column)
{
return row.Table.Columns.Contains(column) ? row[column] : null;
}
}
Now call it like below:
foreach(DataRow row in table)
return yield new Thingy { Name = row.GetValue("hazaa") };
As your DataTable table always has the same columns ( they won`t change for any row ) you only need to check for the columnname once.
if (table.Columns.Contains("donkey"))
{
foreach ...
}
foreach (DataColumn item in row.Table.Columns)
{
switch (item.ColumnName)
{
case "ID":
{
p.ID = Convert.ToInt32(row[item.ColumnName].ToString());
}
break;
case "firstName":
{
p.firstName = row[item.ColumnName].ToString();
}
break;
case "lastName":
{
p.lastName = row[item.ColumnName].ToString();
}
break;
default:
break;
};
}
To build on the answer by Varun K, use a generic type parameter:
public static T GetValue<T>(this DataRow row, string column)
{
if (!row.Table.Columns.Contains(column))
return default(T);
object value = row[ColumnName];
if (value == DBNull.Value)
return default(T);
return (T)value;
}