Inititalizes a new instance of the DataColumn class using the specified column name.
[Visual Basic] Overloads Public Sub New( _ ByVal columnName As String _ ) [C#] public DataColumn( string columnName ); [C++] public: DataColumn( String* columnName ); [JScript] public function DataColumn( columnName : String );
By default, the name given to a column becomes the Caption property value.
The following example creates a new DataColumn with a specified ColumnName.
[Visual Basic]
Private Sub AddDataColumn() Dim myColumn As DataColumn myColumn = New DataColumn("id") ' Set various properties. With myColumn .DataType = System.Type.GetType("System.Int32") .Unique = True .AutoIncrement = True .AutoIncrementSeed = 1 .AutoIncrementStep = 1 .ReadOnly = True End With ' Add to Columns collection. myTable.Columns.Add myColumn End Sub
DataColumn Class | DataColumn Members | System.Data Namespace | DataColumn Constructor Overload List | ColumnName | Caption | DefaultValue | DataTable | DataType