How to convert dataset to byte array in C#

How to convert dataset to byte array in C#

Convert the DataSet to an XML format, then you can use the DataSet.WriteXml method to write the XML to a MemoryStream.

public byte[] ConvertDataSetToByteArray(DataSet dataSet)
{
    if (dataSet == null)
        throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(dataSet));

    using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
    {
        // Write the DataSet to XML
        dataSet.WriteXml(memoryStream, XmlWriteMode.IncludeSchema);

        // Convert MemoryStream to byte array
        return memoryStream.ToArray();
    }
}

To convert DataSet to Byte Array, you need to create a MemoryStream. This stream will hold the XML representation of the DataSet.

Next, Serialize DataSet to XML by using the WriteXml method writes the DataSet content to the MemoryStream.

Finally, Get Byte Array by using the ToArray method of MemoryStream converts the stream's contents into a byte array.

How to convert byte array to dataset in C#

public DataSet ConvertByteArrayToDataSet(byte[] byteArray)
{
    if (byteArray == null)
        throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(byteArray));

    using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream(byteArray))
    {
        DataSet dataSet = new DataSet();
        dataSet.ReadXml(memoryStream, XmlReadMode.InferSchema);
        return dataSet;
    }
}

To convert Byte Array to DataSet, you need to create a MemoryStream from Byte Array.

Next, Deserialize XML to DataSet by using the ReadXml method reads the XML from the stream and populates the DataSet.