DataSet.Tables Property

Definition

Gets the collection of tables contained in the DataSet.

public System.Data.DataTableCollection Tables { get; }
[System.Data.DataSysDescription("DataSetTablesDescr")]
public System.Data.DataTableCollection Tables { get; }

Property Value

The DataTableCollection contained by this DataSet. An empty collection is returned if no DataTable objects exist.

Attributes

Examples

The following example returns the DataSet object's DataTableCollection, and prints the columns and rows in each table.

private void PrintRows(DataSet dataSet)
{
    // For each table in the DataSet, print the row values.
    foreach(DataTable table in dataSet.Tables)
    {
        foreach(DataRow row in table.Rows)
        {
            foreach (DataColumn column in table.Columns)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(row[column]);
            }
        }
    }
}

Remarks

To add tables to the collection, use Add method of the DataTableCollection. To remove tables, use the Remove method.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 2.0, 2.1

See also