Reading SQL Server Column in an Array or List

I want to know how to copy the values contained in a column in sql server database into an Array or a List? I'开发者_JAVA百科m using C# in a Web Application Project(ASP.NET)...

Thanks in advance

using (SqlConnection cnn = new SqlConnection("server=(local);database=pubs;Integrated Security=SSPI"))  {
 SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter("select name from authors", cnn); 
 DataSet ds = new DataSet(); 
 da.Fill(ds, "authors"); 

 List<string> authorNames = new List<string>();
 foreach(DataRow row in ds.Tables["authors"].Rows)
 {
   authorNames.Add(row["name"].ToString());
 }
}

Very basic example to fill author names into List.

See if this helps http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/11/25/sql-server-comma-separated-values-csv-from-table-column/

First you have to fill records in dataTable and then iterate through all rows of dataTable and add one by one each record to array list. Check this: http://www.dreamincode.net/code/snippet1864.htm

ArrayList obj = new ArrayList();
for(int x= 0;x<dtGet.Rows.Count;x++)
{
 obj.Add(dtGet.Rows[x]['col_name']);
}