Insert and Select Data in Reverse Engineering POCO Generator

Insert Data - Reverse Engineering POCO Generator

Introduction

This article demonstrates an interesting and very useful concept in Entity Framework.

Question: What is reverse engineering POCO generator?

In simple terms "It is a template that enables generation of entity classes by reverse engineering with the POCO generator".

Step 1: Create a new web application

Step 2: Adding a new Entity Framework reverse engineering POCO generator:

Step 3: The complete code of WebForm1.aspx is as in the following:

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="WebForm1.aspx.cs" Inherits="InsertDataReverseEnggPOCOGenerator.WebForm1" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

</head>

<body>

<table>

<tr>

<td>

<asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text="Reverse Engg. POCO Generator - Insert Data"

Font-Bold="true"></asp:Label>

</td>

</tr>

</table>

<br />

<table>

<tr>

<td>

<asp:Label ID="Label2" runat="server" Text="Please Enter FirstName: " ForeColor="Brown"

Font-Bold="true" Font-Italic="true"></asp:Label>

</td>

<td>

<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>

<asp:Label ID="Label3" runat="server" Text="Please Enter LastName: " ForeColor="Brown"

Font-Bold="true" Font-Italic="true"></asp:Label>

</td>

<td>

<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox2" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>

<asp:Label ID="Label4" runat="server" Text="Please Enter Age: " ForeColor="Brown"

Font-Bold="true" Font-Italic="true"></asp:Label>

</td>

<td>

<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox3" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Insert Data" OnClick="Button1_Click"

BackColor="Orange" Font-Bold="true" /><br />

<br />

</td>

</tr>

</table>

<br />

<table>

<tr>

<asp:Label ID="Label5" runat="server" Font-Bold="true"></asp:Label>

</td>

</tr>

</table>

</center>

</form>

</body>

</html>

Step 4: The complete code of WebForm1.aspx.cs is as in the following:

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Web;

using System.Web.UI;

using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

namespace InsertDataReverseEnggPOCOGenerator

{

public partial class WebForm1 : System.Web.UI.Page{protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

}

protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(TextBox1.Text) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(TextBox2.Text) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(TextBox3.Text))

{

Label5.Text = "Please Enter Some Values";

Label5.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red;

}

else

{

objEmployee.FirstName = TextBox1.Text;

objEmployee.LastName = TextBox2.Text;

objEmployee.Age = int.Parse(TextBox3.Text);

objEntities.TblEmployee.Add(objEmployee);

objEntities.SaveChanges();

Label5.Text = "Data Inserted Successfully";

Label5.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Green;

TextBox1.Text = string.Empty;

TextBox2.Text = string.Empty;

TextBox3.Text = string.Empty;

}

#region Instance MembersMyDbContext objEntities = new MyDbContext();

TblEmployee objEmployee = new TblEmployee();

#endregion

}

Step 5: The complete code of web.config is as in the following:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

</configSections>

</connectionStrings>

<system.web>

</authentication>

</providers>

</membership>

</providers>

</profile>

</providers>

</roleManager>

</system.web>

<system.webServer>

</system.webServer>

</entityFramework>

</configuration>

Step 6: The output of the application is as in the following:

Step 7: The inserted data output of the application is as in the following:

Select Data - Reverse Engineering POCO Generator

Question: What is reverse engineering POCO generator?

In simple terms "It is a template that enables generation of entity classes by reverse engineering with the POCO generator".

Step 1: Create a new web application

Step 2: Adding a new Entity Framework reverse engineering POCO generator:

Step 3: The complete code of WebForm1.aspx is as in the following:

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="WebForm1.aspx.cs" Inherits="SelectDataReverseEnggPOCOTemplate.WebForm1" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

</head>

<body>

<div>

<table>

<tr>

<asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text="Select Data - Reverse POCO Generator"

Font-Bold="true" Font-Size="Large" Font-Names="Verdana" ForeColor="Maroon"></asp:Label>

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Select Data" Font-Names="Verdana" Width="213px"

BackColor="Orange" Font-Bold="True" OnClick="Button1_Click" />

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" CssClass="grid" BackColor="LightGoldenrodYellow"

BorderColor="Tan" BorderWidth="1px" CellPadding="2" ForeColor="Black" GridLines="None">

No Records Found!</EmptyDataTemplate>

</asp:GridView>

</td>

</tr>

</table>

</div>

</center>

</form>

</body>

</html>

Step 4: The complete code of WebForm1.aspx.cs is as in the following:

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Web;

using System.Web.UI;

using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

namespace SelectDataReverseEnggPOCOTemplate

{

public partial class WebForm1 : System.Web.UI.Page

{

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

}

protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

using (MyDbContext objEntities = new MyDbContext())

{

GridView1.DataSource = objEntities.TblEmployee.ToList();

GridView1.DataBind();

}

Step 5: The complete code of web.config is as in the following:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

</configSections>

</connectionStrings>

<system.web>

</authentication>

</providers>

</membership>

</providers>

</profile>

</providers>

</roleManager>

</system.web>

<system.webServer>

</system.webServer>

</entityFramework>

</configuration>

Step 6: The output of the application is as in the following:

Step 7: The selected data output of the application is as in the following:

I hope this article was useful for you.