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LINQ to SQL (Part 4 - Updating our Database)

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Published: 11 Jul 2007

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This article describes the method to update the database using LINQ.

by Scott Guthrie
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Introduction

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Over the last few weeks I've been writing a series of blog posts that cover LINQ to SQL. LINQ to SQL is a built-in O/RM (object relational mapper) that ships in the .NET Framework 3.5 release, and which enables you to easily model relational databases using .NET classes. You can use LINQ expressions to query the database with them, as well as update/insert/delete data.

Below are the first three parts of my LINQ to SQL series:

Part 1: Introduction to LINQ to SQL

Part 2: Defining our Data Model Classes

Part 3: Querying our Database

In today's blog post I'll cover how we we can use the data model we created earlier, and use it to update, insert, and delete data. I'll also show how we can cleanly integrate business rules and custom validation logic with our data model.

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User Comments

Title: Good Article
Name: Vishnu Shanmugam
Date: 2010-12-11 12:46:40 AM
Comment:
Excellent article.

Title: very clear
Name: tarun
Date: 2010-08-13 7:31:17 AM
Comment:
thanks for the clear explanation

Title: this is terrible
Name: mac
Date: 2010-08-02 4:56:22 PM
Comment:
this is by far the worst display of CRUD i have seen yet.

Title: How can I insert dates
Name: Ernie Smart
Date: 2010-03-17 1:08:05 PM
Comment:
How can I parse or convert dates? Let's say I have a text box (txtDate) to enter the dates and the database has a field called OrderDate. If either of the follwoing two:
OrderDate = Convert.ToDateTime(txtDate)
OrderDate = DateTime.Parse(txtDate)
I get System.FormatException: String was not recognized as a valid DateTime error.
If I do OrderDate = DateTime.Now, the code executes correctly.
How can convert the date entered in the text box so the program will work?
Thanks

Title: i can't find add,update or delete methods for my data context.
Name: Enow Mbi
Date: 2010-02-19 11:10:15 AM
Comment:
GREAT ARTICLE.
I can't figure out why i can't find,add,update or delete methods of my data context despite the fact that my table has a primary key.

Title: More Article
Name: twinsf
Date: 2010-01-28 2:09:59 AM
Comment:
thank youu for helpfull

Title: Bad advice
Name: Simon
Date: 2008-12-28 11:59:06 PM
Comment:
The partial class validation logic you demonstrate is not testable and is therefore useless to me. Isn't it better advice to put the validation logic in business objects (as Rocky Lhotka would urge). Or alternatively, to put it in a service layer or repository that is testable. Baking your validation logic into these proprietary, tightly coupled, LINQ DTOs seems wrong.

Title: Create items together
Name: Tom
Date: 2008-12-24 1:49:56 PM
Comment:
Is there a way to create a category and product together? From what I've seen, beverages.Products would be null, so you can't call "Add" on it. You also can't set Products equal to a new EntitySet, because the setter assumes a non-null EntitySet already which it calls "Assign" on.

Thanks!

Title: Very helpful
Name: Alexander
Date: 2008-11-13 9:20:30 PM
Comment:
Just great. Killed a few days with msdn stuff trying to comprehend logic of Entity Insert/Update/Delete customisatiton. Just got it from this article in a couple of minutes.
Thank you.

Title: Linq doesn't update
Name: Moez Tounsi
Date: 2008-10-07 12:15:53 PM
Comment:
Following the example above, ling will add a new record with the new parameters.
We have to handle the deletion of the old element.

Title: Excellent
Name: Wayne
Date: 2008-07-23 12:27:59 AM
Comment:
Excellent article, Well done, a really good read.

Title: Thanks a lot
Name: Andi
Date: 2007-12-02 11:25:10 AM
Comment:
Thank you for this great article!!!