select certain columns of a data table

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I have a datatable and would like to know if its possible for me to select certain columns and input the data on a table  the columns are set out as below   col1  col2  col3 col4  col5  col6 col7  col8  col9  col10  col11    I want to select column col1  col2 col6  col7 col3  and dispay the data in a gridview of the rows within the datatable   currently the code that i am using is below and onmly selects certain data  I am not selecting the data from sql its data being selected from another excel which is stored in a datatable   but i am in need of the other columns in another area as well   this data is being written into a table in word   for  int i   1  i  lt  table Rows Count  i                                  for  int j   0  j  lt  table Columns Count  j                                          if  j    0                                                val   filteredData Rows row  col  ToString                                              else                                               val   filteredData Rows row  col  ToString                             if  val     -     val                                                              val   filteredData Rows row  col  ToString                                                       else                                                       val   Convert ToString Math Round Convert ToDouble filteredData Rows row  col    MidpointRounding AwayFromZero                                                                          table j  i  TextFrame Text   val                      col

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First store the table in a view  then select columns from that view into a new table      Create a table with abitrary columns for use with the example System Data DataTable table   new System Data DataTable    for  int i   1  i  lt   11  i        table Columns Add  col    i ToString         Load the table with contrived data for  int i   0  i  lt  100  i          System Data DataRow row   table NewRow        for  int j   0  j  lt  11  j            row j    i ToString            j ToString        table Rows Add row         Create the DataView of the DataTable System Data DataView view   new System Data DataView table      Create a new DataTable from the DataView with just the columns desired - and in the order desired System Data DataTable selected   view ToTable  Selected   false   col1    col2    col6    col7    col3      Used the sample data to test this method I found  Create ADO NET DataView showing only selected Columns

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The question I would ask is  why are you including the extra columns in your DataTable if they aren t required    Maybe you should modify your SQL select statement so that it is looking at the specific criteria you are looking for as you are populating your DataTable   You could also use LINQ to query your DataTable as Enumerable and create a List Object that represents only certain columns   Other than that  hide the DataGridView Columns that you don t require

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DataView dv   new DataView Your DataTable    DataTable dt   dv ToTable true   Your Specific Column Name      The dt contains only selected column values

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Here s working example with anonymous output record  if you have any questions place a comment below                                           public partial class Form1   Form       DataTable table      public Form1                 InitializeComponent             region TestData         table   new DataTable            table Clear            for  int i   1  i  lt  12    i              table Columns Add  Col    i           for  int rowIndex   0  rowIndex  lt  5    rowIndex                        DataRow row   table NewRow                for  int i   0  i  lt  table Columns Count    i                  row i    String Format  row  0  col  1    rowIndex  i               table Rows Add row                      endregion         bind               public void bind                 var filtered   from t in table AsEnumerable                          select new                                                     col1   t Field lt string gt  0    column of index 0    Col1                             col2   t Field lt string gt  1    column of index 1    Col2                             col3   t Field lt string gt  5    column of index 5    Col6                             col4   t Field lt string gt  6    column of index 6    Col7                             col5   t Field lt string gt  4    column of index 4    Col3                                    filteredData AutoGenerateColumns   true          filteredData DataSource   filtered ToList

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Also we can try like this    string   selectedColumns   new      Column1   Column2      DataTable dt  new DataView fromDataTable  ToTable false  selectedColumns

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You can create a method that looks like this     public static DataTable SelectedColumns DataTable RecordDT   string col1  string col2                DataTable TempTable   RecordDT            System Data DataView view   new System Data DataView TempTable           System Data DataTable selected   view ToTable  Selected   false  col1  col2           return selected          You can return as many columns as possible   just add the columns as call parameters as shown below   public DataTable SelectedColumns DataTable RecordDT   string col1  string col2 string col3        and also add the parameters to this line   System Data DataTable selected   view ToTable  Selected   false col1  col2 col3         Then simply implement the function as    DataTable myselectedColumnTable SelectedColumns OriginalTable  Col1   Col2          Thanks

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