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Simple Data Access Class
Language(s):C#, SQL Server
Category(s):Data Access
This is the companion web page for my video on creating a simple data access class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zelFDKfJA18

This is the companion web page for my video on creating a simple data access class:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zelFDKfJA18

The code below demonstrates how to write a simple data access class to consume the stored procedure developed to access a table of names by First Name, Last Name, Middle Initial, Social Security Number and/or Date of Birth.

Check out the series on Youtube:

See how to create a randomly generated table of real looking names for testing or demonstration purposes, an SQL Server Stored Procedure to lookup the names and a data access class written in C# to consume the sproc:

Creating Meaningful Test Data: http://youtu.be/4pK_D3oX72Y

Creating Meaningful Test Data – Addendum: http://youtu.be/Sy4IhYehXeo

A Stored Procedure to Look Up Names: http://youtu.be/zI2PCGyqMIE

Simple Data Access Class: http://youtu.be/zelFDKfJA18

namespace DataAccess.Models

{

    public class Name

    {

        public int Id { get; set; }

        public string FirstName { get; set; }

        public string MiddleInitial { get; set; }

        public string LastName { get; set; }

        public string SSN { get; set; }

        public DateTime? DOB { get; set; }

    }

}

namespace DataAccess.Models

{

    public class NameResults

    {

        public string Status { get; set; }

        public List<Name> Names { get; set; }

    }

}

namespace DataAccess

{

    public class Repository

    {

        private const string GET_NAMES = "GetNames";

        private string _connectionString;

        public string ConnectionString

        {

            get

            {

                return _connectionString;

            }

        }

        private SqlConnection GetOpenConnection()

        {

            var connection = new SqlConnection(_connectionString);

            connection.Open();

            return connection;

        }

        public Repository(string connectionString)

        {

            _connectionString = connectionString;

        }

        public List<Name> GetNames(string LastName = null, string FirstName = null,

             string MiddleInitial = null, string SSN = null, DateTime? DOB = null)

        {

            var names = new List<Name>();

            using (var connection = GetOpenConnection())

            {

                using (var command = new SqlCommand(GET_NAMES, connection))

                {

                    command.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;

                    command.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("@LastName",

SqlDbType.NVarChar, 50));

                    command.Parameters["@LastName"].Value = LastName;

                    command.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("@FirstName",

 SqlDbType.NVarChar, 50));

                    command.Parameters["@FirstName"].Value = FirstName;

                    command.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("@MiddleInitial",

 SqlDbType.NVarChar, 1));

                    command.Parameters["@MiddleInitial"].Value = MiddleInitial;

                    command.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("@SSN", SqlDbType.VarChar,

 11));

                    command.Parameters["@SSN"].Value = SSN;

                    command.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("@DOB", SqlDbType.DateTime));

                    command.Parameters["@DOB"].Value = DOB;

                    using (var reader = command.ExecuteReader())

                    {

                        while (reader.Read())

                        {

                            names.Add (new Name

                            {

                                Id = (int)reader["Id"],

                                FirstName = reader["FirstName"].ToString(),

                                MiddleInitial = reader["MiddleInitial"].ToString(),

                                LastName = reader["LastName"].ToString(),

                                SSN = reader["SSN"].ToString(),

                                DOB = (DateTime)reader["DOB"]

                            });

                        }

                    }

                }

            }

            return names;

        }

    }

}

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