Question

I have a datatable and would like to know if its possible for me to select certain columns and input the data on a table. the columns are set out as below

|col1 |col2 |col3|col4 |col5 |col6|col7 |col8 |col9 |col10 |col11 |

I want to select column col1, col2 col6, col7,col3. and dispay the data in a gridview of the rows within the datatable.. currently the code that i am using is below and onmly selects certain data. I am not selecting the data from sql its data being selected from another excel which is stored in a datatable.. but i am in need of the other columns in another area as well.. this data is being written into a table in word

 for (int i = 1; i < table.Rows.Count; i++)
            {
                for (int j = 0; j < table.Columns.Count; j++)
                {
                    if (j == 0)
                    {
                        val = filteredData.Rows[row][col].ToString();
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        val = filteredData.Rows[row][col].ToString();

                        if (val == "-" || val == "")
                        {
                            val = filteredData.Rows[row][col].ToString();

                        }
                        else
                        {
                            val = Convert.ToString(Math.Round(Convert.ToDouble(filteredData.Rows[row][col]), MidpointRounding.AwayFromZero));

                        }
                    }

                    table[j, i].TextFrame.Text = val;
                    col++;
                }

Answer 1

First store the table in a view, then select columns from that view into a new table.

// Create a table with abitrary columns for use with the example
System.Data.DataTable table = new System.Data.DataTable();
for (int i = 1; i <= 11; i++)
    table.Columns.Add("col" + i.ToString());

// Load the table with contrived data
for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
{
    System.Data.DataRow row = table.NewRow();
    for (int j = 0; j < 11; j++)
        row[j] = i.ToString() + ", " + j.ToString();
    table.Rows.Add(row);
}

// Create the DataView of the DataTable
System.Data.DataView view = new System.Data.DataView(table);
// Create a new DataTable from the DataView with just the columns desired - and in the order desired
System.Data.DataTable selected = view.ToTable("Selected", false, "col1", "col2", "col6", "col7", "col3");

Used the sample data to test this method I found:
Create ADO.NET DataView showing only selected Columns