Introduction

This article shows how to access a SQL Server database with the Entity Framework Code First Approach and later we will also perform an insert data operation.

Create ASP.Net web application

Employee.cs

  1. using System;
  2. using System.Collections.Generic;
  3. using System.Linq;
  4. using System.Web;
  6. namespace Insert_Data_CFA__Fluent_API
  7. {
  8. public class Employee
  9. {
  10. public Employee()
  11. {
  12. }
  14. public int Id { get; set; }
  15. public string FirstName { get; set; }
  16. public string LastName { get; set; }
  17. public int Age { get; set; }
  18. }
  19. }

Employeecontext.cs

  1. using System;
  2. using System.Collections.Generic;
  3. using System.Data.Entity;
  4. using System.Linq;
  5. using System.Web;
  7. namespace Insert_Data_CFA__Fluent_API
  8. {
  9. public class EmployeeContext : DbContext
  10. {
  11. public EmployeeContext()
  12. : base("EmployeeConn")
  13. {
  14. Database.SetInitializer<EmployeeContext>(new CreateDatabaseIfNotExists<EmployeeContext>());
  15. }
  17. protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder)
  18. {
  19. //Set primary key to Employee table
  20. modelBuilder.Entity<Employee>().HasKey(m => m.Id).Property(m => m.Id).IsRequired();
  22. //First Name is required and Max Length is 50
  23. modelBuilder.Entity<Employee>().Property(p => p.FirstName).IsRequired().HasMaxLength(50);
  25. //Last Name is required and Max Length is 50
  26. modelBuilder.Entity<Employee>().Property(p => p.LastName).IsRequired().HasMaxLength(50);
  28. //Age is required
  29. modelBuilder.Entity<Employee>().Property(p => p.Age).IsRequired();
  30. }
  32. public DbSet<Employee> Employees { get; set; }
  33. }
  34. }

Web.config

  1. <connectionStrings>
  2. <add name="EmployeeConn"
  3. connectionString="Data Source=WIN-B4KJ8JI75VF;Initial Catalog=EmployeeDB;Integrated Security=true"
  4. providerName="System.Data.SqlClient"/>
  5. </connectionStrings>

Webform1.aspx

  1. <%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="WebForm1.aspx.cs" Inherits="Insert_Data_CFA__Fluent_API.WebForm1" %>
  3. <!DOCTYPE html>
  5. <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
  6. <head runat="server">
  7. <title></title>
  8. </head>
  9. <body>
  10. <form id="form1" runat="server">
  11. <div>
  12. <table>
  13. <tr>
  14. <td>
  15. <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text="Insert Data CFA - Fluent API" Font-Bold="true"></asp:Label>
  16. </td>
  17. </tr>
  18. </table>
  19. <br />
  20. <br />
  21. <table>
  22. <tr>
  23. <td>
  24. <asp:Label ID="Label2" runat="server" Text="Please Enter FirstName: " ForeColor="Brown"
  25. Font-Bold="true" Font-Italic="true"></asp:Label>
  26. </td>
  27. <td>
  28. <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
  29. </td>
  30. </tr>
  31. <tr>
  32. <td>
  33. <asp:Label ID="Label3" runat="server" Text="Please Enter LastName: " ForeColor="Brown"
  34. Font-Bold="true" Font-Italic="true"></asp:Label>
  35. </td>
  36. <td>
  37. <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox2" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
  38. </td>
  39. </tr>
  40. <tr>
  41. <td>
  42. <asp:Label ID="Label4" runat="server" Text="Please Enter Age: " ForeColor="Brown"
  43. Font-Bold="true" Font-Italic="true"></asp:Label>
  44. </td>
  45. <td>
  46. <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox3" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
  47. </td>
  48. </tr>
  49. <tr>
  50. <td colspan="2">
  51. <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Insert Data"
  52. BackColor="Orange" Font-Bold="true" OnClick="Button1_Click" />
  53. <br />
  54. <br />
  55. </td>
  56. </tr>
  57. </table>
  58. <br />
  59. <br />
  60. <table>
  61. <tr>
  62. <td colspan="3">
  63. <asp:Label ID="Label5" runat="server" ForeColor="Red" Font-Bold="true"></asp:Label>
  64. </td>
  65. </tr>
  66. </table>
  67. </div>
  68. </form>
  69. </body>
  70. </html>

Webform1.aspx.cs

  1. using System;
  2. using System.Collections.Generic;
  3. using System.Linq;
  4. using System.Web;
  5. using System.Web.UI;
  6. using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
  8. namespace Insert_Data_CFA__Fluent_API
  9. {
  10. public partial class WebForm1 : System.Web.UI.Page
  11. {
  12. protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
  13. {
  15. }
  17. protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
  18. {
  19. Label5.Text = String.Empty;
  20. EmployeeContext empContext = new EmployeeContext();
  21. Employee emp = new Employee() { FirstName = TextBox1.Text, LastName = TextBox2.Text, Age = int.Parse(TextBox3.Text) };
  22. empContext.Employees.Add(emp);
  23. empContext.SaveChanges();
  24. Label5.Text = "Data Inserted Successfully";
  25. }
  26. }
  27. }

The following shows the output of the application:

Summary

In this article, we saw how to use a SQL Server database with Entity Framework Code First Approach and insert data.

Happy coding!