DataView custDV = new DataView(custDS.Tables["Customers"], 
                               "Country = 'USA'", 
                               "ContactName", 
                               DataViewRowState.CurrentRows);

DataView custDV = custDS.Tables["Customers"].DefaultView;

private void DemonstrateDataView()
{
    // Create one DataTable with one column.
    DataTable table = new DataTable("table");
    DataColumn colItem = new DataColumn("item",
        Type.GetType("System.String"));
    table.Columns.Add(colItem);

    // Add five items.
    DataRow NewRow;
    for(int i = 0; i <5; i++)
    {
        NewRow = table.NewRow();
        NewRow["item"] = "Item " + i;
        table.Rows.Add(NewRow);
    }
    // Change the values in the table.
    table.Rows[0]["item"]="cat";
    table.Rows[1]["item"] = "dog";
    table.AcceptChanges();
 
    // Create two DataView objects with the same table.
    DataView firstView = new DataView(table);
    DataView secondView = new DataView(table);
 
    // Print current table values.
    PrintTableOrView(table,"Current Values in Table");

    // Set first DataView to show only modified 
    // versions of original rows.
    firstView.RowStateFilter=DataViewRowState.ModifiedOriginal;

    // Print values.   
    PrintTableOrView(firstView,"First DataView: ModifiedOriginal");

    // Add one New row to the second view.
    DataRowView rowView;
    rowView=secondView.AddNew();
    rowView["item"] = "fish";

    // Set second DataView to show modified versions of 
    // current rows, or New rows.
    secondView.RowStateFilter=DataViewRowState.ModifiedCurrent 
        | DataViewRowState.Added;
    // Print modified and Added rows.
    PrintTableOrView(secondView, 
        "Second DataView: ModifiedCurrent | Added");
}
 
private void PrintTableOrView(DataTable table, string label)
{
    // This function prints values in the table or DataView.
    Console.WriteLine("\n" + label);
    for(int i = 0; i<table.Rows.Count;i++)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("\table" + table.Rows[i]["item"]);
    }
    Console.WriteLine();
}
 
private void PrintTableOrView(DataView view, string label)
{
 
    // This overload prints values in the table or DataView.
    Console.WriteLine("\n" + label);
    for(int i = 0; i<view.Count;i++)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("\table" + view[i]["item"]);
    }
    Console.WriteLine();
}

// create a view that can be filtered and sorted
DataView view = new DataView(ds.Tables[0]);
foreach (DataRowView drv in view) {
   Console.WriteLine(drv["Name"].ToString());
   }
 
// find the record for Rick
view.RowFilter = "Name = 'Evy'";
foreach (DataRowView drv in view) {
   Console.WriteLine(drv["Name"].ToString());
   }