Question

I have a dataset containing some datatables, now i want to fetch a datatable from db and add it to the existing datatable in dataset i am using below line

  return (DataSets.General.StudentDataTable) ds.Tables["DSDummy"];

But its giving me following error

Cannot implicitly convert type ‘System.Data.DataTable’ to
DataSets.General.StudentDataTable’. An explicit conversion exists

can someone please tell me how to cast this object? any help would be appreciated

Thanks

Answer 1

If ds is a strongly typed dataset, I would expect it to have an explicit property for the DSDummy table, something like ds.DSDummy, rather than going through the Tables collection, which bypasses the strong typing.

However, even as it stands, the explicit cast should have worked. Is it possible that you have DataSets.General.StudentDataTable defined more than once – once manually and once automatically from the DataSet Generator – and it’s conflicting?