>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>What is the fastest (or an efficient) method to find out if a dataset (not strongly typed) has a column; by name. For example; I have a dataset MyDataSet (created by loading an XML file) and I want to find out if the dataset has column MyColumn.
>>>>>
>>>>>TIA
>>>>
>>>>I think that you might want to look at the datatable, rather than the dataset.
>>>>The datatable has a columns collection that contains the names of the columns in the table.
>>>>You can search the collection or loop through it looking for the column you have in mind.
>>>
>>>MyDataSet.MyDataTable.Columns("my column") != null
>>>
>>>But hopefully, they're not typed data sets... LOL
>>Your solution is elegant.
>>Please don't start him again, John!
>
>I don't know where that answer came from, since I have no knowledge of programming despite 40 years of it.. lmao..

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