public List<Media_Artists> LoadDatedItemsByPage(int startRow, int pageSize, string sortBy, bool sortAscending)
        {
            using (MediaEntities dbContext = new MediaEntities())
            {
                //List<Media_Artists> list = (from p in dbContext.Media_Artists select p).Skip(startRow * pageSize).Take(pageSize).ToList();

                SortData(sortBy, sortAscending);
                //copy to an array
                int count = pageSize;
                _items = LoadAll();
                if ((_items.Count - startRow) < count) count = _items.Count - startRow;
                Media_Artists[] pagearray = new Media_Artists[count];
                
                _items.CopyTo(startRow, pagearray, 0, count);
                //then create a list from array
                List<Media_Artists> page = new List<Media_Artists>(pagearray);
                return page;
            }
        }
 /// <summary>
 /// Create a new Media_Artists object.
 /// </summary>
 /// <param name="artistId">Initial value of the ArtistId property.</param>
 /// <param name="artistName">Initial value of the ArtistName property.</param>
 public static Media_Artists CreateMedia_Artists(global::System.Int32 artistId, global::System.String artistName)
 {
     Media_Artists media_Artists = new Media_Artists();
     media_Artists.ArtistId = artistId;
     media_Artists.ArtistName = artistName;
     return media_Artists;
 }
 /// <summary>
 /// Deprecated Method for adding a new object to the Media_Artists EntitySet. Consider using the .Add method of the associated ObjectSet&lt;T&gt; property instead.
 /// </summary>
 public void AddToMedia_Artists(Media_Artists media_Artists)
 {
     base.AddObject("Media_Artists", media_Artists);
 }
        //INSERT- UPDATE - DELETE 
        public int Insert(string UserId, string ArtistName, string FrontImage, string MainImage, string Description, string Status)
        {
            using (MediaEntities dbContext = new MediaEntities())
            {
                string Alias = StringUtils.GenerateFriendlyString(ArtistName);
                dbContext.CommandTimeout = Settings.CommandTimeout;
                System.Nullable<Int32> ListOrder = (from u in dbContext.Media_Artists select u.ListOrder).DefaultIfEmpty(0).Max() + 1;

                Media_Artists artists_obj = new Media_Artists();
                artists_obj.ArtistName = ArtistName;
                artists_obj.Alias = Alias;
                artists_obj.FrontImage = FrontImage;
                artists_obj.MainImage = MainImage;
                artists_obj.Description = Description;
                artists_obj.ListOrder = (ListOrder == null ? 1 : ListOrder);
                artists_obj.IPLog = IP;    
                artists_obj.CreatedOnDate = System.DateTime.Now;
                artists_obj.CreatedByUserId = new Guid(UserId);            
                artists_obj.Status = Status;
                dbContext.AddToMedia_Artists(artists_obj);
                int i  = dbContext.SaveChanges();
                return i;
            }
        }