Collection classes question

[Will]

I have a set of parameter names and values (essentially key/value pairs)
that I'm reading from a DB. I need to temporarily store these pairs so that
I can later format them an write them to a file. I will not need to look up
values in the collection - just reading them in and sptting them back out
sequentially. This leads me to believe that a HashTable isn't what I need.
Hmm...just found an exaply using a Dictionary and an Enumerator to traverse
it. Is this the best solution?

Thanks in advance,
Will.

[Jeff Molby]

There is probably some unnecessary overhead there. If you know how many
items you'll have, just create a two-dimensional array. If it varies, create
an ArrayList.

$0.02

"Will" <de*@rusmo.com> wrote in message
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I have a set of parameter names and values (essentially key/value pairs)
that I'm reading from a DB. I need to temporarily store these pairs so that I can later format them an write them to a file. I will not need to look up values in the collection - just reading them in and sptting them back out
sequentially. This leads me to believe that a HashTable isn't what I need. Hmm...just found an exaply using a Dictionary and an Enumerator to traverse it. Is this the best solution?

Thanks in advance,
Will.

[100]

Hi Will,
Why Hastable doesn't work for you? There is no Dictionary class. Hastable is
the dictionary.
There is DictionaryBase class as well, which is meant to be used for making
strongly-typed hashtables.
If you want to traverse all data in the hashtable you can use Values
property. if you want to traverse and read all key/value pairs you can do

foreach(DictionaryEntry de in hastable)
{
//de.Key is the key;
//de.Value is the value;
}

HTH
B\rgds
100

"Will" <de*@rusmo.com> wrote in message
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I have a set of parameter names and values (essentially key/value pairs)
that I'm reading from a DB. I need to temporarily store these pairs so that I can later format them an write them to a file. I will not need to look up values in the collection - just reading them in and sptting them back out
sequentially. This leads me to believe that a HashTable isn't what I need. Hmm...just found an exaply using a Dictionary and an Enumerator to traverse it. Is this the best solution?

Thanks in advance,
Will.

[Will]

Thanks guys...I decided on an ArrayList of DictionaryEntry's, which works
fine and seems logical to me.

Will.