Datacolumn name illegal character

Question

Hey Guys,

 

can u tell me the illegal or bad characters for a DataTable and his DataColumn or better his DataColumn Names?

If I create and fill a DataTable and will present this in WPF and have DataColumns with characters like [ , ] or / as DataColumnsNames or they contais this character in the name, I get a DataTable with blank Rows in the Column where I have the Columnname with this illegal characters.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Answer 1

Hi BoZAFabe,

About this topic, there is a detailed discussion, and many people has provide the bad characters there:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/wpf/thread/111998d6-eb3e-420b-a357-1a0918ea9c0f

 

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Answer 2

Ok, i wrote a list file and test the DataTable on typical special charaters...

My Result is:

( = open bracket

) = closed bracket

[ = open square bracket

] = closed square bracket

. = dot

/ = Slash

\ = Backslash

 

crash the cell's of a DataTable if this characters are in the DateColumnName...

Answer 3

Hi BoZAFabe,

Thank you for sharing this test result.

 

Best regards,

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