Question

How do I convert a datatable into a POCO object in Asp.Net MVC?

Answer 1

Pass each DataRow into the class constructor (or use getters/setters) and translate each column into the corresponding property. Be careful with nullable columns to extract them properly.

  public class POCO
  {
       public int ID { get; set; }
       public string Name { get; set; }
       public DateTime? Modified { get; set; }
       ...

       public POCO() { }

       public POCO( DataRow row )
       {
            this.ID = (int)row["id"];
            this.Name = (string)row["name"];
            if (!(row["modified"] is DBNull))
            {
                 this.Modified = (DateTime)row["modified"];
            }
            ...
       }
  }