Create Query without entity framework - asp.net-mvc

Question

I have the following code, but I can’t work out what I need to put in place of the // before .AddObject(Model); and .SaveChanges(); to get the method to work. It’s a create query but I’ve only ever done this while using the Entity Framework before now, in this case I’m not using EF.
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Registration(UserDetailModel Model)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
Model.UserNameFK = User.Identity.Name;
Model.CompanyName = "CompanyName";
Model.IEMI = "IEMI";
//.AddObject(Model);
//.SaveChanges();
return RedirectToAction("Registration", "Home");
}
return View(Model);
}
Am I close?
Cheers,
Mike.

Answer 1

I hope you know Entity Framework is an Object Relational Mapping framework for .NET.
Basically it creates entity classes that map up to your database and make it easy to perform Create/Read/Update/Delete operations without writing any SQL.
If you're not using Entity Framework, you could use another ORM like NHinbernate.
OR
You could use plain ADO.NET classes with SQL to write/read data to/from your database.
Ex: If you're using SQL Server you would use the System.Data.SqlClient namespace for writing to your SQL DB, see the SQLCommand class (Writing to other supported DB's work the same way)
You would do something like this with the function below it:
CreateCommand(//just as an example you can use values from your model in sql
"INSERT INTO Users(Name, CompnayName, IMEI,) VALUES ("
+ Model.UserNameFK +", val2, val3,...)",
"your connection string"
);
private static void CreateCommand(string queryString,
string connectionString)
{
using (SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(
connectionString))
{
SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand(queryString, connection);
command.Connection.Open();
command.ExecuteNonQuery();
}
}
See this for more documentation.