public InventoryRecord[] GetInventory()
{
// First, get the DataTable from the database.
InventoryDAL d = new InventoryDAL();
d.OpenConnection(ConnString);
DataTable dt = d.GetAllInventoryAsDataTable();
d.CloseConnection();
// Now make a List<T> to contain the records.
List <InventoryRecord> records = new List <InventoryRecord>();
// Copy the data table into List<> of custom contracts.
DataTableReader reader = dt.CreateDataReader();
while (reader.Read())
{
InventoryRecord r = new InventoryRecord();
r.ID = (int)reader["CarID"];
r.Color = ((string)reader["Color"]);
r.Make = ((string)reader["Make"]);
r.PetName = ((string)reader["PetName"]);
records.Add(r);
}
// Transform List<T> to array of InventoryRecord types.
return((InventoryRecord[])records.ToArray());
}
public void InsertCar(InventoryRecord car)
{
InventoryDAL d = new InventoryDAL();
d.OpenConnection(ConnString);
d.InsertAuto(car.Color, car.Make, car.PetName);
d.CloseConnection();
}
