Entity Framework - Dropdown List With Limited Range Of Choices In MVC?
Feb 21, 2011
I want to bind a field in a View to a property in a ViewModel. The object is "Program" and has the properties "Name" and "Level". So the user should be able to set the name of a program and the level of experience he/she has with this program.Program is a table in an Sql Server database, and is accessed through Entity Framework. So it would be easy enough to bind the Level property in the ViewModel to a textbox:
@Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.Level)
But I want a dropdownlist with a limited number of levels (1-5). So how do I do this and still have the dropdownlist bind to the ViewModel property?
If I want to be able to have a table Consultant, which is the user and their personal information, and I want this user to be able to select their proficiency in a number of Programs (software) on a scale from 0-5 (zero being no experience whatsoever), how do I do this best?
I mean I could have a Consultant table with a one-to-many relationship to a Program table, and then have all the limited Programs availalbe loaded by an XML file or something, and for each Consultant associate all the Programs and their Levels of proficiency. But that seems very wrong and inefficient.
It seems to me I should have a table with all the (limited number of) Programs, and then by some sort of association between the two by Ids. But I can't get my head around how to do this. I'm thinking many-to-many... But first, is this correct? Secondly, how do I do this in an Entity Framework Model? I usually create my database code first, i.e. create the EF model, and then generate database from model. Will I get a junction table where I can add the Level field, because basically a Consultant HAS A Program with a Level, or actually a list of Programs each with a Level.
I'm trying to keep track of employees in my database. I have two tables, Employees and Departments. The Employees table contains a foreign key relationship with Departments through a column named DepartmentID.
Here's my entity:
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I have a page that contains a form to add an employee. I'm passing the entity to my view page, and calling <%: Html.EditorForModel() %>
The problem is that the view creates a textbox for the DepartmentID.
How can I force the view to display a dropdown for DepartmentID that contains all the Departments in my database as the dropdown's list items? Is there a way to do this by just adding a metadata attribute to the property in my entity?
I have a dropdown list on an ASP.NET MVC project that I am pretty sure is not binding to my model because of my nhibernate mapping. I have tried many variations on the asp mvc side resulting in this post here. MVC side of things seems fine I believe the issue may be that my object is trying to bind, but my mapping is out of whack.
My View gives an error saying that the GUID from the dropdownList selected value is not valid. Which I think may be that it is trying to push the GUID into my related project object.
The value 'fd38c877-706f-431d-b624-1269184eeeb5' is invalid.
My related project list binds to the dropdown list just fine, it is just not binding to my models Project entity.
Is there a way to export a EF 4.0 Data Model to EF 3.5?
I looked around and found that we are not able to access EF 4.0 from a ASP.Net 3.5 project here: [URL]
Our project is the 1st to go to .Net 4.0 using Entity Framework and we (the team) were wondering if there was a way for the other projects that "might" need to access our data that are still using the .Net 3.5 framework.
I am new to entity framework , it is really very good , but I want to know what is the difference between using entity framework with stored procedure or without stored procedure , which one the faster and what is the benefits for using stored procedures with entity framework.
I have an EDM, it includes the entities extension and history. My goal is to use history to keep track of all the changes made to extension entity. For example, if extension with ID 223 has its property 'Name_Display' changed - I want the history entity to record this.
I'm using ASP.NET with VB.NET. Where in my code do I put the hook to say, "update the history entity" and what should that hook look like?
I'm not expecting a full solution here (unless you really want to), just some tips and pointers.
I have a User table and an Area table. The User table has userID, userName etc., and the Area table has areaID, areaName etc.
I'm binding the list of Areas to a checkboxlist where the user MUST choose between 1-3 options. I'm using a stored procedure to update the DB.
Is there a common solution to this problem that I haven't found?
I have thought about saving it as a comma separated string in a field in the user table. This looks like a temporary and ugly solution though, do you think?
A nicer solution would be to create a UserArea table where I save the ID's as foreign keys from areaID and userID. But I don't know how to write this stored procedure where I update and insert the choices made.
I get an cast exception when i am trying to insert an entity in Entity Framework (using code-first). From this code :
public virtual T Insert(T entity) { return Context.Set<T>().Add(entity); }
The cast exception is like "impossible to cast ...Collection'1(Entity) to type (Entity)" I can't figure out why. I am pretty sure ive done everything right. Post entity
public class Post { public long PostId { get; private set; } public DateTime date { get; set; } [Required] public string Subject { get; set; } public User User { get; set; } public Category Category { get; set; } [Required] public string Body { get; set; } public virtual ICollection<Tag> Tags { get; private set; } public Post() { Category = new Category(); if (Tags == null) Tags = new Collection<Tag>(); }................................
I am mapping a stored procedure to an entity by right clicking on the entity (in the .edmx) and selecting "Stored Procedure Mapping." This brings you to a Mapping Details - "Name of Entity" Window that allows you to select the insert, update, and delete stored procedures associated with the Entity. It also maps the stored procedure parameter to the Entity "Property" (Column).
I'm gettin an error "error 2042: Parameter Mapping specified is not valid." The cause of the error is fairly obvious, in the Insert stored procedure that has been selected, a 'CHAR' parameter is being mapped to an Int32 Entity Property. I altered the stored procedure parameter to match the entity, I deleted the stored procedure, readded, and reslected it as the Insert function. I also cleaned, validated, updated model from database. No matter what I do, the parameter list in the mapping details doesn't reflect the change to the stored procedure. It's stuck on a char --> int32 mapping, even though it has been changed, like it's buried deep in meta data some where.
I am trying to add a new entity and have to refernce associated data to add it. I cannot load the Referencetables. Giving "The EntityReference could not be loaded because it is not attached to an ObjectContext." How do i complete this task in Entity Framework 3.5
I have a stupid problem with the Entity Framework. I get the following Exception:
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I have an entity with a 4 fields representing the primary key. I copy it via serialization (works fine). I set the old entity to not valid (Datefield set to a date in the past, this field is part of the PK) and set the copied entity to DateTime.Now.Date. When I call context.AddObject I get the Exception above. I tried copying the entity via reflection but the entity has 3-4 references. And when copied, I get another Exception before even Adding the entity to the context. I also tried setting newObj.EntityKey = null and reset all the fields neccessary for the PK. I just want a whole copy of an entity with a different primary key (and some other fields changed too) and Create it in the database.
I am stuck at this point "Displaying a dropdown list of Categories with a --None -- Option. I want the gridview control to display 2 dropdown list one in read-only mode and the other in edit mode. When a record is in read-only mode, the dropdownlist's enabled property will be set to false."When it's on a read-only mode, it doesn't display the selected Category. it shows but the "No Category". When i click on edit to edit or change category, it doesn't display the selected category.
The example is given below( I am reading the book Sams Teach yourself ASP.NET 2.0 by Scott Mitchell. page 628)
<asp:Label ID="UserIdValue" runat="server" Visible="False"></asp:Label> <asp:SqlDataSource ID="picturesDataSource" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:ConnectionString %>" SelectCommand="SELECT * FROM [Pictures] WHERE ([UserId] = @UserId) ORDER BY [UploadedOn] DESC" DeleteCommand="DELETE FROM [Pictures] WHERE [PictureID] = @PictureID" InsertCommand="INSERT INTO [Pictures] ([UserId], [CategoryID], [Title], [Description], [UploadedOn]) VALUES (@UserId, @CategoryID, @Title, @Description, @UploadedOn)" UpdateCommand="UPDATE [Pictures] SET [UserId] = @UserId, [CategoryID] = @CategoryID, [Title] = @Title, [Description] = @Description, [UploadedOn] = @UploadedOn WHERE [PictureID] = @PictureID"> <DeleteParameters> <asp:Parameter Name="PictureID" Type="Int32" /> </DeleteParameters> <InsertParameters> <asp:Parameter Name="UserId" /> <asp:Parameter Name="CategoryID" Type="Int32" /> <asp:Parameter Name="Title" Type="String" /> <asp:Parameter Name="Description" Type="String" /> <asp:Parameter Name="UploadedOn" Type="DateTime" /> </InsertParameters> <SelectParameters> <asp:ControlParameter ControlID="UserIdValue" Name="UserId" PropertyName="Text"/> </SelectParameters> <UpdateParameters> <asp:Parameter Name="UserId"/> <asp:Parameter Name="CategoryID" Type="Int32" /> <asp:Parameter Name="Title" Type="String" /> <asp:Parameter Name="Description" Type="String" /> <asp:Parameter Name="UploadedOn" Type="DateTime" /> <asp:Parameter Name="PictureID" Type="Int32" /> </UpdateParameters> </asp:SqlDataSource> <br /> <asp:SqlDataSource ID="categoriesDataSource" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:ConnectionString %>" SelectCommand="SELECT [CategoryID], [Name] FROM [Categories] WHERE ([UserId] = @UserId)"> <SelectParameters> <asp:ControlParameter ControlID="UserIdValue" Name="UserId" PropertyName="Text" /> </SelectParameters> </asp:SqlDataSource> <br /> <asp:SqlDataSource ID="maxPictureIDDataSource" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:ConnectionString %>" SelectCommand="SELECT MAX(PictureID) FROM Pictures WHERE UserId = @UserId"> <SelectParameters> <asp:ControlParameter ControlID="UserIdValue" Name="UserId" PropertyName="Text" /> </SelectParameters> </asp:SqlDataSource> <br /> <asp:Label ID="cannotUploadImageMessage" runat="server" Text="The photo could not be added to your album either because you did not specify a file to upload or the file specified was not a JPEG image with the file extension .JPG"></asp:Label> <br /> <asp:DetailsView ID="dvPictureInsert" runat="server" DataSourceID="PicturesDataSource" Height="50px" Width="125px" AutoGenerateRows="False" CellPadding="4" DataKeyNames="PictureID" DefaultMode="Insert" ForeColor="#333333" GridLines="None"> <AlternatingRowStyle BackColor="White" /> <CommandRowStyle BackColor="#D1DDF1" Font-Bold="True" /> <EditRowStyle BackColor="#2461BF" /> <FieldHeaderStyle BackColor="#DEE8F5" Font-Bold="True" /> <Fields> <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Picture"> <InsertItemTemplate> <asp:FileUpload ID="imageUpload" runat="server" /> <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RequiredFieldValidator3" runat="server" ControlToValidate="imageUpload" Display="Dynamic" ErrorMessage="There was no file selected" ValidationGroup="PictureAdd"></asp:RequiredFieldValidator> </InsertItemTemplate> </asp:TemplateField> <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Category" SortExpression="CategoryID"> <EditItemTemplate> <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("CategoryID") %>'></asp:TextBox> </EditItemTemplate> <InsertItemTemplate> <asp:DropDownList ID="pictureCategory" DataSourceID="categoriesDataSource" runat="server" DataTextField="Name" DataValueField="CategoryID" SelectedValue='<%# Bind("CategoryID") %>' Visible='<%# Bind("CategoryID") %>' AppendDataBoundItems="True"> <asp:ListItem Selected="True" Value="">-- Select Category --</asp:ListItem> </asp:DropDownList> </InsertItemTemplate> <ItemTemplate> <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("CategoryID") %>'></asp:Label> </ItemTemplate> </asp:TemplateField> <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Title" SortExpression="Title"> <EditItemTemplate> <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox2" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Title") %>'></asp:TextBox> </EditItemTemplate> <InsertItemTemplate> <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Title") %>'></asp:TextBox> <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RequiredFieldValidator1" runat="server" ControlToValidate="TextBox1" Display="Dynamic" ErrorMessage="you must provide a name for the title" ValidationGroup="PictureAdd"></asp:RequiredFieldValidator> </InsertItemTemplate> <ItemTemplate> <asp:Label ID="Label2" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Title") %>'></asp:Label> </ItemTemplate> </asp:TemplateField> <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Description" SortExpression="Description"> <EditItemTemplate> <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox3" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Description") %>'></asp:TextBox> </EditItemTemplate> <InsertItemTemplate> <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox2" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Description") %>'
I'm writing a custom .NET MembershipProvider (not the built in one) and trying to update using Entity Framework. But of course i have no access to (Try)UpdateModel. How can i update it?
I have an Events table and an InstallmentPlans table. The relationship is 0..1 : an Event can have 0 or 1 Installment plans. If I want to remove the existing InstallmentPlan for an event, how do I do this? Setting it to null doesn't seem to work:
Here's a simple code snippet where I create a new Entity object and call SaveChanges() to create a new record in the mapped database table.
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What I'm trying to figure out is whether there is a way to derive this new key for my entity, e, from the ObjectContext, m? The reason for this is that the way my actual code is structured, my entity object is already out of scope at the point where I call the SaveChanges() method.
But ofcourse it is not working as I want to. The Ordering works on Question.Order, but I would also the Questions.SubQuestions List to be ordered according to SubQuestions.Order
I want the user to only select a date range of 1 year. Any suggestion on how to do this? I was thinking maybe convert the date range into days and if its less than 365 days than input is good, other wise out of range message willl display.
I have 2 drop down lists.I have a very simple dropdown list #1 that diplays a title and holds an id value which is a GUID.I know it is getting this value and sending this value as I tested sending it to a label.I have the dropdown list #1 to autopostback to dropdown list #2 that "Is supposed to get" another title and value based on the GUID value of the first dropdown list. for some reason it wont return anything. I have done 100's of these but never based off a guid value.I assume the value needs to be converted to guid before selecting it in the second dropdown list.How can I do this? or is there something I am missing?
I'm using VS 2008 with SP1. I want to use SP in the entity framework. The SP uses join of more than 1 table to return data. Most of the online examples I show, use the single table. How to return data of more than one tables?
solve this problemi create example using Northwind database so i create a new website and add new ADO.Net Entity Data Model (.edmx) called Northwind.edmx and i add Categories and Products table inside this (.edmx) fileand add new ADO.Net Data Servuce called "ADODataService" and add it as WebReferences called NorthwindServiceso i add new web page and drag DropdownList and Gridview as i want to bind Dropdownlist to all categories and when i select category from Dropdownlist bind Gridview to all Products related to this categoryso my code
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so when i select category from Dropdownlist nothing happen :(also you will find commented code in method BindCategory whuch is not work also :(
I've been trying to learn about the entity framework. I plan on using it in a rewrite of a site I'm doing.But everything I can find on it is on the 3.5 framework and they all mention that there will be changes in 4.0. Does anyone know of a good article, video series, and or tutorial on the entity framework in 4.0?I've worked a lot with Linq to Sql, so I don't think I'll have too much trouble working with the entity framework, but I'd like to learn more about the current version.
