Microsoft Visual C# 2010 - Adding Data to Local Database

Question

I\'m coming over from PHP and am having a hard time with storing information into my newly created local database. I\'m using Microsoft Visual C# 2010 to help me learn and devel

Answer 1

It depends on your requirments, but for most situations, I would highly recommend you use Entity Framework or Linq to Sql data classes. You'd be much better off... go with the latter as a start... hope it helps.

[Edited]

If you want to see how easy an ORM can be:

1. right-click on your project
2. select Add New Item
3. Choose Linq to Sql Data Classes
4. When you've added it, you'll have a blank .dbml file
5. Go to server explorer and add a connection to the sql db
6. Drag and drop the tables wherever you like

7. Start using the entities like this:

   using (DataClasses1DataContext db = new DataClasses1DataContext("Data Source=localhost\sqlexpress; Initial Catalog=myDBName; Integrated Security=true")) { IEnumerable citiesForUSA = db.Cities.Where(x => x.Country.Name == "United States");

   City city = new City();
   city.Name = "Metropolis";
   //etc
   db.Cities.InsertOnSubmit(city);
   db.SubmitChanges(); // <-- INSERT INTO completed
   
   //etc
   

   }

Good luck!

:-)