How to convert date into string format in oledb data adapter

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hi devs,

i am retriving the data from local .csv file and displaying that into gridview
i am getting date into datetime format please suggest hpw to retrieve data into string format so it will useful for me to implement searching functionality in csv data
thanks

C#

string filename = path;
         FileInfo file = new FileInfo(filename);
         string ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=\"" + file.DirectoryName + "\";Extended                           Properties='text;HDR=Yes;FMT=Delimited(,)';";
         OleDbConnection con = new OleDbConnection(ConnectionString);
         if (txtSearch.Text == string.Empty)
         {

             OleDbCommand cmd = new OleDbCommand(string.Format("SELECT * FROM [" + file.Name + "]"), con);
             cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@p1", txtSearch.Text);
             try
             {
                 con.Open();
                 OleDbDataAdapter oda = new OleDbDataAdapter(cmd);
                 DataTable dt = new DataTable("CSVTable");
                 oda.Fill(dt);
                 GridView1.DataSource = dt;
                 GridView1.DataBind();
             }
             catch (Exception)
             {
                 GridView1.DataSource = null;
                 GridView1.DataBind();
             }

Posted 6-Dec-15 21:32pm

Prasad Billupati

Updated 6-Dec-15 22:22pm

Andy Lanng

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Sums Mohs Eds · Answer 1 · 2015-12-06T23:43:00

What is the scope/purpose of converting it because, you can't do it in the dataadaptar, therefore inside the datatable you can search for the date column and change the datatype.

Like for example

C#

foreach (DataColumn cl in dt.Columns)
               {
                 if (cl.ColumnName.ToUpper().Contains("DATE"))
                        cl.DataType = typeof(DateTime);
                }

Or you can convert the data with data.ToString() / Convert.ToString(data).

Hope i have understood you and would help you solve the problem you are facing.