Name

ColumnName

Synopsis

String columnName = DataColumn.ColumnName;

DataColumn.ColumnName = columnName;

Gets or sets the name of the column.

Example

The following example shows how to set the name of the column:

DataColumn col = new DataColumn();

col.ColumnName = "MyColumn";

Notes

The value for the ColumnName property can also be set using the DataColumn constructor as shown in this sample:

DataColumn col = new DataColumn("MyColumn");

If the contents of the DataColumn are output as XML, the ColumnName is used as the name element or attribute tag in the XML document.

By default, ColumnName property has no value. If the ColumnName property has not been set when the column is added to the DataColumnCollection of a DataTable, the column name defaults to Column1, Column2, and so on.