Populating a SelectList from a DataTable

Question

I ran a query and returned a datatable,

myDataAdapter.Fill(myDataTable);

Now what is the best way to load the row values \"Value\" and \"Te

Answer 1

    public static System.Web.Mvc.SelectList DT2SelectList(DataTable dt, string valueField, string textField){            
        if (dt == null || valueField == null || valueField.Trim().Length == 0
            || textField == null || textField.Trim().Length ==0)
            return null;


        var list = new List<Object>();

        for (int i = 0; i < dt.Rows.Count; i++)
        {
            list.Add(new
            {
                value = dt.Rows[i][valueField].ToString(),
                text = dt.Rows[i][textField].ToString()
            });
        }
        return new System.Web.Mvc.SelectList(list.AsEnumerable(), "value", "text");
    }

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Answer 2

Looks fine. I would make it a bit cleaner by creating a constructor for MyTestObj that accepted a DataRow. That would allow you to write:

MyList.Add(new MyTestObj(mydataRow));