public string saveChangesToCourse(string courseID, string description, string courseTypeID,
										string startDate, string endDate, string locationID,
										string maxSubscriptions, string price, string startHour,
										string endHour, string name)
        {
            const string success = "success";
            const string failed = "failed";

            // validate fields before continuing
            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(courseID) ||
                string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(description) ||
                string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(courseTypeID) ||
                string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(startDate) ||
                string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(endDate) ||
                string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(locationID) ||
                string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(maxSubscriptions) ||
                string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(price) ||
                string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(startHour) ||
                string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(endHour) ||
                string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(name)) {
                    return "Gelieve alle velden in te vullen of na te kijken";
            }

            customValidator validator = new customValidator();
            if (!validator.validDate(startDate) || !validator.validDate(endDate))
                return "Gelieve geldige datums in te vullen (dd/mm/yyyy)";

            if (!validator.hour(startHour) || !validator.hour(endHour))
                return "Gelieve geldige uren in te vullen (hh:mm)";

            // if all is validated, continue...
            crud crud = new crud();
            course course = crud.selectCourse(Convert.ToInt32(courseID));

            course.name = name;
            course.description = description;
            course.courseType = crud.selectCourseType(Convert.ToInt32(courseTypeID));
            course.startDate = Convert.ToDateTime(startDate);
            course.endDateInclusive = Convert.ToDateTime(endDate);
            course.location = crud.selectLocation(Convert.ToInt32(locationID));
            course.maxSubscriptions = Convert.ToInt32(maxSubscriptions);
            course.price = Convert.ToInt32(price);
            course.startHour = startHour;
            course.endHour = endHour;

            if (crud.updateCourse(course) > 0) { return success; };

            return failed;
        }