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Asked: 2026-05-11T10:05:49+00:00

What is the best for sorting a data table in c#, both from a

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What is the best for sorting a data table in c#, both from a performance and a code-readability point-of-view:

personsDT.OrderBy(person => person.PersonName);

or:

personsDT.DefaultView.Sort = 'PersonName ASC';

The personsDT is build from a SharePoint list, so it is impossible to use SQL (I am aware that an ORDER BY claude in a SQL SELECT statement would be the best way). Considering the performance, I am worried that the OrderBy<> clause might be slower than the Sort in the data view. Are you aware of such performance implications?

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  1. I’ll prefer the first option.

    1) For code the readability point-of-view i think that Lambda is clearer than the second one.

    2) In the first case you are using a strongly type way to sort your entity which is good.

    3) On the second case you are passing the field and the order in a string mmmm dont like it.

    Go Lambdas!!!

    Regards!

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