Change DataTable datatype to decimal

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How to clone the DataTable and change its column and row type to decimal and return the DataTable ?

C#

private static DataTable GetDataTabletFromCSVFile(string csv_file_path)
{
    DataTable csvData = new DataTable();
    using (TextFieldParser csvReader = new TextFieldParser(csv_file_path))
    {
        csvReader.SetDelimiters(new string[] { "," });
        csvReader.HasFieldsEnclosedInQuotes = true;
        string[] colFields = csvReader.ReadFields();
        foreach (string column in colFields)
        {
            DataColumn datecolumn = new DataColumn(column);
            datecolumn.AllowDBNull = true;
            csvData.Columns.Add(datecolumn);
            ;
        }
        while (!csvReader.EndOfData)
        {
            string[] fieldData = csvReader.ReadFields();
            //Making empty value as null
            for (int i = 0; i < fieldData.Length; i++)
            {
                if (fieldData[i] == "")
                {
                    fieldData[i] = null;
                }
            }
            csvData.Rows.Add(fieldData);
        }
    }

    return csvData;
}

Posted 5-Mar-14 22:49pm

FarhanShariff

Updated 5-Mar-14 22:54pm

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FarhanShariff · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-05T23:09:00

Quote:
parse the strings to decimal using decimal.TryParse

C#

foreach (string column in colFields)
{
    DataColumn datacolumn = new DataColumn(column, typeof(decimal));
    datacolumn.AllowDBNull = true;
    csvData.Columns.Add(datacolumn);
}
while (!csvReader.EndOfData)
{
    string[] fieldData = csvReader.ReadFields();
    DataRow addedRow = csvData.Rows.Add();
    for (int i = 0; i < fieldData.Length; i++)
    {
        decimal value;
        if(decimal.TryParse(fieldData[i].Trim(), out value))
            addedRow.SetField<decimal?>(i, value);
        else
            addedRow.SetField<decimal?>(i, null);
    }
}