Import csv file into SQL Server database in C# Windows application without header

Question

I am trying to import a .csv file into a SQL Server database without the headers.

This code works fine, but with headers - how can skip the headers? What do

Answer 1

Just ignore the headers when you read the data from the file. Delete these lines:

string[] headerColumns = header.Split(',');

foreach (string headerColumn in headerColumns)
{
    importedData.Columns.Add(headerColumn);
}

Answer 2

Can you remove the columns and use index instead? Of course, you'd need to know the position of each field within a file.

 string line = "001,0000002226,01,2011/03/27,07:07,";

        DataTable importedData = new DataTable();


        DataRow importedRow = importedData.NewRow();

        string[] fields = line.Split(',');
        for (int i = 0; i < fields.Count(); i++)
        {

            importedRow[i] = fields[i];

        }

        using (SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection("Data Source=HAIDER-PC\\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=mydatabase;Integrated Security=True"))
        {
            conn.Open();
            foreach (DataRow importRow in importedData.Rows)
            {

                SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("INSERT INTO imported_data (device_id,employee_id,status,date,time ) " +
                                                  "VALUES (@device_id,@employee_id,@status,@date,@time)", conn);
                cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@device_id", importRow[0]);
                cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@employee_id", importRow[1]);
                cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@status", importRow[2]);
                cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@date", importRow[4]);
                cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@time", importRow[5]);
                cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
            }

        }