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DataTable2CSV – Saving a DataTable to a CSV file

DataTable2CSV – Saving a DataTable to a CSV file

' 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 SubSub 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 TryEnd Sub

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