internal static void AddLogging(string app, string type, string accId, int eventId, string routine, int user, DateTime time, int loc) { using (var context = DataUtility.GetDbContext()) //this basically defines the database model { var newEvent = new tblLogging(); newEvent.ApplicationName = app; newEvent.IdentifierType = type; newEvent.Identifier = accId; newEvent.EventID = eventId; newEvent.Routine = routine; newEvent.LocationID = loc; newEvent.CreatedDT = time; newEvent.CreatedByID = user; context.Loggings.AddObject(newEvent); //specifies the table I'm targetting context.SaveChanges(); //does an INSERT INTO } }