Question

    [HttpPost]
    public ActionResult Index(HttpPostedFileBase excelFile)
    {
        if (excelFile != null)
        {
            /* Snip for brevity. */
            var ds = new DataSet();
            adapter.Fill(ds, "results");
            DataTable data = ds.Tables["results"];

            var people = new List<Person>();

            foreach (var row in data.Rows)
            {
                Person newPerson = new Person(){
                    Id = row?,
                    Name = row?,
                    LastName = row?,
                    DateOfBirth = row?
                };

                people.Add(newPerson);
            }

            return View();
        }

        return RedirectToAction("Error", "Upload");                      
    }

How can I retrieve the information contained in my datatable? I’ve checked the MSDN docs but they seem to only display how to programatically create a new DataTable and not how to retrieve data.

Thank you for your time.

Answer 1

You can write row.Field<DateTime>("DateOfBirth").