Thursday, June 20, 2013

C# : Get Distinct Records from the DT

If you want to get a Distinct records from the C# DataTable here is the code to get it working !!!

Steps to follow :
1. Call the SelectDistinct, and pass the parameter to that.
2. Return DataTable will have all the distinct records.

 #region Get the Distinct Records from the Table

        private static DataTable SelectDistinct(DataTable SourceTable, params string[] FieldNames)
        {
            object[] lastValues;
            DataTable newTable;
            DataRow[] orderedRows;

            if (FieldNames == null || FieldNames.Length == 0)
                throw new ArgumentNullException("FieldNames");

            lastValues = new object[FieldNames.Length];
            newTable = new DataTable();

            foreach (string fieldName in FieldNames)
                newTable.Columns.Add(fieldName, SourceTable.Columns[fieldName].DataType);

            orderedRows = SourceTable.Select("", string.Join(", ", FieldNames));

            foreach (DataRow row in orderedRows)
            {
                if (!fieldValuesAreEqual(lastValues, row, FieldNames))
                {
                    newTable.Rows.Add(createRowClone(row, newTable.NewRow(), FieldNames));

                    setLastValues(lastValues, row, FieldNames);
                }
            }

            return newTable;
        }

        private static bool fieldValuesAreEqual(object[] lastValues, DataRow currentRow, string[] fieldNames)
        {
            bool areEqual = true;

            for (int i = 0; i < fieldNames.Length; i++)
            {
                if (lastValues[i] == null || !lastValues[i].Equals(currentRow[fieldNames[i]]))
                {
                    areEqual = false;
                    break;
                }
            }

            return areEqual;
        }

        private static DataRow createRowClone(DataRow sourceRow, DataRow newRow, string[] fieldNames)
        {
            foreach (string field in fieldNames)
                newRow[field] = sourceRow[field];

            return newRow;
        }

        private static void setLastValues(object[] lastValues, DataRow sourceRow, string[] fieldNames)
        {
            for (int i = 0; i < fieldNames.Length; i++)
                lastValues[i] = sourceRow[fieldNames[i]];
        }

        #endregion

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