You must have two equal IEnumerable collection.
In Linq,we can use the "Except" method
In this example, I have 2 sample xml file that contains the records of books details such as book name,author and id.
In second XML has one new record, and wanted to output the new record in grid.
DataSet ds = new DataSet(); DataSet ds1 = new DataSet(); ds.ReadXml(@"D:\Books.xml"); bookgrd.DataSource = ds.Tables[0]; bookgrd.DataBind(); IEnumerabletbl1row = ds.Tables[0].AsEnumerable(); ds1.ReadXml(@"D:\Books2.xml"); IEnumerable tbl2row = ds1.Tables[0].AsEnumerable(); GridView1.DataSource = ds1.Tables[0]; GridView1.DataBind(); var items = tbl2row.AsEnumerable().Select(r => r.Field ("id")) .Except(tbl1row.AsEnumerable().Select(r => r.Field ("id"))); DataTable uniqueRow = (from row in tbl2row.AsEnumerable() join id in items on row.Field ("id") equals id select row).CopyToDataTable(); GridView2.DataSource = uniqueRow; GridView2.DataBind();