Transform a DataTable into Dictionary C#

Question

I want to know how to transform a DataTable into a Dictionary. I did something like this.

using System.Linq;

internal Dictionary GetDict(Da         


        

Answer 1

ToDictionary is expecting the IEnumberable<T> as the first type... you were telling it that it was a string which is wrong it's IEnumerable<DataRow>

It's getting confused by you specifying the types... try this...

internal Dictionary<string,object> GetDict(DataTable dt)
{
    return dt.AsEnumerable()
      .ToDictionary(row => row.Field<string>(0),
                                row => row.Field<object>(1));
}

Answer 2

I found the solution but don't know why. I edited my Question completing the code just for make it clear what I was doing an I changed to this

    internal Dictionary<string, object> GetDict(DataTable dt)
    {
        Dictionary<String, Object> dic = dt.AsEnumerable().ToDictionary(row => row.Field<String>(0), row => row.Field<Object>(1));
        return dic;
    }