c# adding row to datatable which has an auto increment column

Question

I've a datatable, with column A, B, C. I've set column A's "is identity" property to true, but I can't add any row to the table now.

The code I'm trying is this:

dsA.dtA row = dsA.dtA.NewdtARow();

row.B = 1;
row.C = 2;

dsA.dtA.Rows.Add(row);

I'm getting NoNullAllowedException, but I don't understand why. Column A is PK as well. If I tried to set row.A = 5 (or any similiar) I'll get an error when I try to update the datatable saying "cannot insert explicit value for identity column in table when identity_insert is set to off"

How can I solve this issue? It's frustrating.

Answer 1

Do this way. Reference link

DataColumn column = new DataColumn();
column.DataType = System.Type.GetType("System.Int32");
column.AutoIncrement = true;
column.AutoIncrementSeed = 1;
column.AutoIncrementStep = 1;

// Add the column to a new DataTable.
DataTable table = new DataTable("table");
table.Columns.Add(column);

DataRow oRow = table.NewRow();
table.Rows.Add(oRow);

Answer 2

Open the designer of the dataset xsd file and set the AutoIncrement, AutoIncrementSeed and AutoIncrementStep property of the column A in datatable for an existing column.

Answer 3

Try one of the these two:

1. Set field values:

   row.A = null;
   row.B = 1;
   row.C = 3;
   

2. Add row to DataTable:

   dtA.Rows.Add(null,1,2);
   

They are both the same just try any of them and it should get you going. Also remember that whenever you want to make a column auto-increment in DataTable then you have to insert null into it.

Answer 4

The way that I do it is

public void AppendtodtA(int num1, doubledouble1, string string1)
{
    object[] RowArray = new object[] {null,(int)num1, (double) doubledouble1, (string) string1}
    DataRow CurrentRow = dtA.NewRow();
    CurrentRow.ItemArray = RowArray;
    dtA.Rows.Add(CurrentRow);
}

use ItemArray property and leave a null in the place of the autoincremented column

AppendtodtA(MyNumber,MyDouble,MyString);

Then just call the method with your variables.