How to compare 2 dataTables

If you were returning a DataTable as a function you could:

DataTable dataTable1; // Load with data
DataTable dataTable2; // Load with data (same schema)

// Fast check for row count equality.
if ( dataTable1.Rows.Count != dataTable2.Rows.Count) {
    return true;
}

var differences =
    dataTable1.AsEnumerable().Except(dataTable2.AsEnumerable(),
                                            DataRowComparer.Default);

return differences.Any() ? differences.CopyToDataTable() : new DataTable();

 public static bool AreTablesTheSame( DataTable tbl1, DataTable tbl2)
 {
    if (tbl1.Rows.Count != tbl2.Rows.Count || tbl1.Columns.Count != tbl2.Columns.Count)
                return false;


    for ( int i = 0; i < tbl1.Rows.Count; i++)
    {
        for ( int c = 0; c < tbl1.Columns.Count; c++)
        {
            if (!Equals(tbl1.Rows[i][c] ,tbl2.Rows[i][c]))
                        return false;
        }
     }
     return true;
  }

You would need to loop through the rows of each table, and then through each column within that loop to compare individual values.

There's a code sample here: http://canlu.blogspot.com/2009/05/how-to-compare-two-datatables-in-adonet.html