cannot implicitly convert type 'string' to 'system.data.datarow'

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I get error:
cannot implicitly convert type 'string' to 'system.data.datarow'

I want to add datatable rows dynamically but it is not capturing rows i tried many methods..

Posted 28-Feb-12 8:00am

JawadHafiz

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 28-Feb-12 17:45pm

First, the error message is straightforward. Those are different types, not assignment compatible.
Secondly, why asking questions like that without code sample?
My access to your hard drive is somewhat limited at the moment... :-)
--SA

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Shameel · Answer 1 · 2012-02-28T08:02:00

Solution 1

try something like this:

C#

dataTable.Rows.Add(new DataRow(myString));

Posted 28-Feb-12 8:02am

Shameel

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JawadHafiz 28-Feb-12 14:05pm

i have a row, i want to insert last columns

[no name] 28-Feb-12 14:17pm

you mean you want to update the column value in an existing row?

dataTable.Rows[0]["ColName"] = "Value";

Member 14530922 26-Aug-19 2:29am

i am getting error of cannot implicitly convert system.data.datatable into string

TANicox · Answer 2 · 2012-02-28T08:12:00

Solution 2

Try this:

C#

dataTable.NewRow();
DataRow Row1 = new DataRow();
Row1["NameOfTheColumn1"]="Text here";
Row1["NameOfTheColunm2"]="Text here";
dataTable.Rows.Add(Row1);

Posted 28-Feb-12 8:12am

TANicox