private static void InsertRandomContact(ContactsContext context)
{
// a little bit of helper stuff
string[] firstNames = { "Kevin", "Rich", "Eve", "Leanne", "Chris" };
string[] lastNames = { "Griffin", "Dudley", "Turzillo", "Lappe", "Bannon" };
Random randomNumber = new Random();
// create a new contact
Contact newContact = new Contact()
{
FirstName = firstNames[randomNumber.Next(firstNames.Count())],
LastName = lastNames[randomNumber.Next(lastNames.Count())],
EmailAddresses = new EntityCollection<EmailAddress>(),
Addresses = new EntityCollection<Address>(),
PhoneNumbers = new EntityCollection<PhoneNumber>()
};
// add a couple email addresses
newContact.EmailAddresses.Add(new EmailAddress()
{
Email =
string.Format("{0}.{1}@gmail.com", newContact.FirstName,
newContact.LastName)
});
newContact.EmailAddresses.Add(new EmailAddress()
{
Email =
string.Format("{0}.{1}@yahoo.com", newContact.FirstName,
newContact.LastName)
});
// add a couple phone numbers
for (int x = 0; x < randomNumber.Next(1, 5); x++)
{
newContact.PhoneNumbers.Add(new PhoneNumber()
{
Number =
string.Format("555-{0:000}-{1:0000}", randomNumber.Next(0, 999),
randomNumber.Next(0, 9999))
});
}
// add contact
context.AddToContacts(newContact);
context.SaveChanges();
}
/// <summary>
/// Create a new Contact object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="contactId">Initial value of the ContactId property.</param>
/// <param name="firstName">Initial value of the FirstName property.</param>
/// <param name="lastName">Initial value of the LastName property.</param>
public static Contact CreateContact(global::System.Int32 contactId, global::System.String firstName, global::System.String lastName)
{
Contact contact = new Contact();
contact.ContactId = contactId;
contact.FirstName = firstName;
contact.LastName = lastName;
return contact;
}
/// <summary>
/// Deprecated Method for adding a new object to the Contacts EntitySet. Consider using the .Add method of the associated ObjectSet<T> property instead.
/// </summary>
public void AddToContacts(Contact contact)
{
base.AddObject("Contacts", contact);
}