RealWorldDevelopers
10/25/2016 - 12:22 AM

Parse a CSV file into a Table

Parse a CSV file into a Table

private static DataTable GetDataTableFromCSVFile(string csv_file_path)
    {
        DataTable csvData = new DataTable();
        try
        {
          using(TextFieldParser csvReader = new TextFieldParser(csv_file_path))
             {
                csvReader.SetDelimiters(new string[] { "," });
                csvReader.HasFieldsEnclosedInQuotes = true;
                string[] colFields = csvReader.ReadFields();
                foreach (string column in colFields)
                {
                    DataColumn datecolumn = new DataColumn(column);
                    datecolumn.AllowDBNull = true;
                    csvData.Columns.Add(datecolumn);
                }
                while (!csvReader.EndOfData)
                {
                    string[] fieldData = csvReader.ReadFields();
                    //Making empty value as null
                    for (int i = 0; i < fieldData.Length; i++)
                    {
                        if (fieldData[i] == "")
                        {
                            fieldData[i] = null;
                        }
                    }
                    csvData.Rows.Add(fieldData);
                }
            }
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
        }
        return csvData;
    }
  }