ASP.net using a form to insert data into an sql server table

Question

Hi in php i would do a form with an action to lets say a process.php page and in that page i would take the post values and using a mysql_query would do an insertion. now i am l

Answer 1

There are tons of sample code online as to how to do this.

Here is just one example of how to do this: http://geekswithblogs.net/dotNETvinz/archive/2009/04/30/creating-a-simple-registration-form-in-asp.net.aspx

you define the text boxes between the following tag:

you create your textboxes and define them to runat="server" like so:

define a button to process your logic like so (notice the onclick):

in the code behind, you define what you want the server to do if the user clicks on the button by defining a method named

protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

or you could just double click the button in the design view.

Here is a very quick sample of code to insert into a table in the button click event (codebehind)

protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   string name = TxtName.Text; // Scrub user data

   string connString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["yourconnstringInWebConfig"].ConnectionString;
   SqlConnection conn = null;
   try
   {
          conn = new SqlConnection(connString);
          conn.Open();

          using(SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand())
          {
                 cmd.Conn = conn;
                 cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
                 cmd.CommandText = "INSERT INTO dummyTable(name) Values (@var)";
                 cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@var", name);
                 int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
                 if(rowsAffected ==1)
                 {
                        //Success notification
                 }
                 else
                 {
                        //Error notification
                 }
          }
   }
   catch(Exception ex)
   {
          //log error 
          //display friendly error to user
   }
   finally
   {
          if(conn!=null)
          {
                 //cleanup connection i.e close 
          }
   }
}