Calculated column: No Expression result

[Karsten Strobel]

Hello List!

I have an untyped dataset with a very simple table, two columns A and B and
one extra column ColumnCalc with the Expression "A+B". Details see code
snippet below.

When I bind the table to a data grid, I can enter values for A and B. Also
ColumnCalc is displayed as a read-only column. But I never see the result of
the A+B expression displayed in ColumnCalc. The value of ColumnCalc is
always <null>, even if both A and B have a value.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks
Karsten

// dataSet1

this.dataSet1.DataSetName = "NewDataSet";

this.dataSet1.Tables.AddRange(new System.Data.DataTable[]
{this.dataTable1});

// dataTable1

this.dataTable1.Columns.AddRange(new System.Data.DataColumn[]
{this.dataColumn1, this.dataColumn2, this.dataColumn3});

this.dataTable1.TableName = "Table1";

// dataColumn1

this.dataColumn1.ColumnName = "A";

this.dataColumn1.DataType = typeof(int);

// dataColumn2

this.dataColumn2.ColumnName = "B";

this.dataColumn2.DataType = typeof(int);

// dataColumn3

this.dataColumn3.ColumnName = "ColumnCalc";

this.dataColumn3.DataType = typeof(int);

this.dataColumn3.Expression = "A+B";

this.dataColumn3.ReadOnly = true;

 

[William Ryan eMVP]

Something else is probably happening, can you post the rest of the code...

I just whipped up the following and ti works without a glitch:
da.Fill(ds, "MyTable")

Dim dc As New DataColumn("Expression", System.Type.GetType("System.Decimal"))

ds.Tables("MyTable").Columns("ItemNo").ColumnName = "A"

ds.Tables("MyTable").Columns("ItemCost").ColumnName = "B"

ds.Tables("MyTable").Columns("A").DataType = GetType(System.Int32)

ds.Tables("MyTable").Columns("B").DataType = GetType(System.Int32)

dc.Expression = "(A) + (B)"

dc.ReadOnly = True

ds.Tables("MyTable").Columns.Add(dc)

dg.DataSource = ds.Tables(0)



However, depending on the datatypes of the underlying columns, I can get some weird behavior. For instance, If I change either A or B to varchar, it'll append them to each other which isn't really that weird. I'm wondering if you aren't having a similar problem.




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