How to read a CSV file into a .NET Datatable

Question

How can I load a CSV file into a System.Data.DataTable, creating the datatable based on the CSV file?

Does the regular ADO.net functionality allow this?

Answer 1

 Public Function ReadCsvFileToDataTable(strFilePath As String) As DataTable
    Dim dtCsv As DataTable = New DataTable()
    Dim Fulltext As String
    Using sr As StreamReader = New StreamReader(strFilePath)
        While Not sr.EndOfStream
            Fulltext = sr.ReadToEnd().ToString()
            Dim rows As String() = Fulltext.Split(vbLf)
            For i As Integer = 0 To rows.Count() - 1 - 1
                Dim rowValues As String() = rows(i).Split(","c)
                If True Then
                    If i = 0 Then
                        For j As Integer = 0 To rowValues.Count() - 1
                            dtCsv.Columns.Add(rowValues(j))
                        Next
                    Else
                        Dim dr As DataRow = dtCsv.NewRow()
                        For k As Integer = 0 To rowValues.Count() - 1
                            dr(k) = rowValues(k).ToString()
                        Next
                        dtCsv.Rows.Add(dr)
                    End If
                End If
            Next
        End While
    End Using
    Return dtCsv
End Function