Check if DataRow exists by column name in c#?

Question

I want to do something like this:

   private User PopulateUsersList(DataRow row)
        {
            Users user = new Users();
            user.Id = int.Parse(row["US_ID"].ToString());
            if (row["US_OTHERFRIEND"] != null)
            {
                user.OtherFriend = row["US_OTHERFRIEND"].ToString();
            }
            return user;
        }

However, I get an error saying US_OTHERFRIEND does not belong to the table. I want to simply check if it is not null, then set the value.

Isn't there a way to do this?

Answer 1

You can use

try {
   user.OtherFriend = row["US_OTHERFRIEND"].ToString();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
   // do something if you want 
}

Answer 2

if (row.Columns.Contains("US_OTHERFRIEND"))

Answer 3

You should try

if (row.Table.Columns.Contains("US_OTHERFRIEND"))

I don't believe that row has a columns property itself.