LINQ: Get all the values from a column in a DataTable in C#

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Which will crash if the datatype of the column is not a string.You might also want to note that this only works for typed datasets.This version works for all datasets, can handle any datatype, and handles null values: table.Rows.AsQueryable() // make...

Which will crash if the datatype of the column is not a string.
You might also want to note that this only works for typed datasets.

This version works for all datasets, can handle any datatype, and handles null values:

table.Rows.AsQueryable<datarow>()                   // make enumerable
.Select(row => (row["fieldname"] ?? "").ToString()) // get value
.ToArray();                                         // as array

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