Question

I have this linq query :

string title = from DataRow r in (OleDB.DataItems.Tables[0]).Rows
select r.Title;

and I’d like to extract the field Title (from Database) on the row (rows will be 1, not more, so that’s I put on a string and not in a string[].

How can I do it?

VStudio says that DataRow doesnt contain the definition of Title, but the field Title exist on the database.

I making confusion 🙂

Answer 1

As Frédéric Hamidi said, you don’t need LINQ.

However, if you still want to do it that way (overkill) and you know that there is always a single table with a single row, do:

DataSet data = new DataSet();

var table = (from a in data.Tables.Cast<DataTable>() select a).Single();

var row = (from a in table.Rows.Cast<DataRow>() select a).Single();

String title = row.Field<String>("Title");

or

DataSet data = new DataSet();

var table = (from a in data.Tables.Cast<DataTable>() select a).SingleOrDefault();

var row = (from a in table.Rows.Cast<DataRow>() select a).SingleOrDefault();

String title = row.Field<String>("Title");

I used a DataSet because I don’t know how your object is structured.