Object-Relational Mapping Project

Purpose: To provide instructions on connecting a project to a database, using Entity Framework and object-relational mapping (ORM).

.NET Core

  1. Add a .NET Standard Class Library to your solution. Call it ‘ProjectName.ORM’.

  2. Right-click the new project within the Solution Explorer, and select 'Manage NuGet Packages…'.

  3. Within Package Manager, browse for: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore. Within the list, find and install:

    1. Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore
    2. Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design
    3. Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer
    4. Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools

    nuget packages

  4. Open the Package Manager Console (View > Other Windows > Package Manager Console).

    1. Using the drop-down menu alongside Default Project, select your new ORM project.

    2. Click within the Package Manager command-line, and enter the following, changing the sections to match your setup:

      Scaffold-DbContext "Server= server.address.com;Database= DBName; user id= DBUser;password= DBPassword;" Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer -OutputDir Models

      nuget packages

    3. Following running this command, a folder will be created which will contain a generated class for each table within your Database, as well as a Context file, which provides a way to interact with your database. Inside the context file is the hard-coded connection string, which is what you entered previously.

  5. Right-click your Implementation project, and add a Project Reference to the ORM project.

  6. To utilize the database context, add a using statement to the ORM project at the top of your class, and then use a using statement within your code itself as follows:

    using (var context = new ClockWorkContext())
{
    response.Roles = context.Role.Select(r => new IntSelectitem { Id = r.RoleId, Display = r.Name }).ToList();
}

.NET Framework

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