' Save the input DataTable to a CSV file. By default the values are Tab
' delimited, but you can use the second overload version to use any other
' string you want.
'
' Example:
' Dim ds As New DataSet
' SqlDataAdapter1.Fill(ds, "Users")
' DataTable2CSV(ds.Tables("Users"), "D:\Users.txt")
Sub DataTable2CSV(ByVal table As DataTable, ByVal filename As String)
DataTable2CSV(table, filename, vbTab)
End Sub
Sub DataTable2CSV(ByVal table As DataTable, ByVal filename As String, _
ByVal sepChar As String)
Dim writer As System.IO.StreamWriter
Try
writer = New System.IO.StreamWriter(filename)
' first write a line with the columns name
Dim sep As String = ""
Dim builder As New System.Text.StringBuilder
For Each col As DataColumn In table.Columns
builder.Append(sep).Append(col.ColumnName)
sep = sepChar
Next
writer.WriteLine(builder.ToString())
' then write all the rows
For Each row As DataRow In table.Rows
sep = ""
builder = New System.Text.StringBuilder
For Each col As DataColumn In table.Columns
builder.Append(sep).Append(row(col.ColumnName))
sep = sepChar
Next
writer.WriteLine(builder.ToString())
Next
Finally
If Not writer Is Nothing Then writer.Close()
End Try
End Sub