Monday, July 7, 2014

Difference between two DataTables in C#

Few days ago I stuck into a problem. I need to update an online database with an offline database. The problem I faced is about to get the difference between two tables of two different databases. After googling I found this code, which helped me a lot. I am sharing the code with you all for your benefits.



public DataTable getDifferentRecords(DataTable FirstDataTable, DataTable SecondDataTable)   
 {   
     //Create Empty Table   
     DataTable ResultDataTable = new DataTable("ResultDataTable");   
 
     //use a Dataset to make use of a DataRelation object   
     using (DataSet ds = new DataSet())   
     {   
         //Add tables   
         ds.Tables.AddRange(new DataTable[] { FirstDataTable.Copy(), SecondDataTable.Copy() });   
 
         //Get Columns for DataRelation   
         DataColumn[] firstColumns = new DataColumn[ds.Tables[0].Columns.Count];   
         for (int i = 0; i < firstColumns.Length; i++)   
         {   
            firstColumns[i] = ds.Tables[0].Columns[i];   
         }   
 
         DataColumn[] secondColumns = new DataColumn[ds.Tables[1].Columns.Count];   
         for (int i = 0; i < secondColumns.Length; i++)   
         {   
             secondColumns[i] = ds.Tables[1].Columns[i];   
         }   
 
         //Create DataRelation   
         DataRelation r1 = new DataRelation(string.Empty, firstColumns, secondColumns, false);   
         ds.Relations.Add(r1);   
 
         DataRelation r2 = new DataRelation(string.Empty, secondColumns, firstColumns, false);   
         ds.Relations.Add(r2);   
 
         //Create columns for return table   
         for (int i = 0; i < FirstDataTable.Columns.Count; i++)   
         {   
             ResultDataTable.Columns.Add(FirstDataTable.Columns[i].ColumnName, FirstDataTable.Columns[i].DataType);   
         }   
 
         //If FirstDataTable Row not in SecondDataTable, Add to ResultDataTable.   
         ResultDataTable.BeginLoadData();   
         foreach (DataRow parentrow in ds.Tables[0].Rows)   
         {   
             DataRow[] childrows = parentrow.GetChildRows(r1);   
             if (childrows == null || childrows.Length == 0)   
                 ResultDataTable.LoadDataRow(parentrow.ItemArray, true);   
         }   
 
         //If SecondDataTable Row not in FirstDataTable, Add to ResultDataTable.   
         foreach (DataRow parentrow in ds.Tables[1].Rows)   
         {   
             DataRow[] childrows = parentrow.GetChildRows(r2);   
             if (childrows == null || childrows.Length == 0)   
                 ResultDataTable.LoadDataRow(parentrow.ItemArray, true);   
         }   
         ResultDataTable.EndLoadData();   
     }   
 
     return ResultDataTable;   
 }  

Now its all about calling the method..


DataTable dt;   
dt = getDifferentRecords(FirstDataTable, SecondDataTable);  

After this you will get the different rows of both datatables into DataTable dt.

Enjoy the code. :)

Reference:
http://canlu.blogspot.in/2009/05/how-to-compare-two-datatables-in-adonet.html

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    dt1.Merge(dt2);

    DataTable d3 = dt2.GetChanges();


    return d3;

    }

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