Sorting a Data Table

Question

I tried to sort a data table with following two ways

table.DefaultView.Sort = \"Town ASC, Cutomer ASC\"

table.Select(\"\", \"Town ASC, Cutomer ASC\")


        

Answer 1

Try this:

Dim dataView As New DataView(table)
dataView.Sort = " AutoID DESC, Name DESC"
Dim dataTable AS DataTable = dataView.ToTable()

Answer 2

This worked for me:

dt.DefaultView.Sort = "Town ASC, Cutomer ASC";
dt = dt.DefaultView.ToTable();

Answer 3

private void SortDataTable(DataTable dt, string sort)
{
DataTable newDT = dt.Clone();
int rowCount = dt.Rows.Count;

DataRow[] foundRows = dt.Select(null, sort);
// Sort with Column name
for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++)
{
object[] arr = new object[dt.Columns.Count];
for (int j = 0; j < dt.Columns.Count; j++)
{
arr[j] = foundRows[i][j];
}
DataRow data_row = newDT.NewRow();
data_row.ItemArray = arr;
newDT.Rows.Add(data_row);
}

//clear the incoming dt
dt.Rows.Clear();

for (int i = 0; i < newDT.Rows.Count; i++)
{
object[] arr = new object[dt.Columns.Count];
for (int j = 0; j < dt.Columns.Count; j++)
{
arr[j] = newDT.Rows[i][j];
}

DataRow data_row = dt.NewRow();
data_row.ItemArray = arr;
dt.Rows.Add(data_row);
}
}

Answer 4

This was the shortest way I could find to sort a DataTable without having to create any new variables.

DataTable.DefaultView.Sort = "ColumnName ASC"
DataTable = DataTable.DefaultView.ToTable

Where:

ASC - Ascending

DESC - Descending

ColumnName - The column you want to sort by

DataTable - The table you want to sort

Answer 5

After setting the sort expression on the DefaultView (table.DefaultView.Sort = "Town ASC, Cutomer ASC" ) you should loop over the table using the DefaultView not the DataTable instance itself

foreach(DataRowView r in table.DefaultView)
{
    //... here you get the rows in sorted order
    Console.WriteLine(r["Town"].ToString());
}

Using the Select method of the DataTable instead, produces an array of DataRow. This array is sorted as from your request, not the DataTable

DataRow[] rowList = table.Select("", "Town ASC, Cutomer ASC");
foreach(DataRow r in rowList)
{
    Console.WriteLine(r["Town"].ToString());
}