public ActionResult Create(Skill skill)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
List<Category> cats = db.Categories.ToList(); // get the category list from the db only once.
//skill.Categories = new List<Category>(); // initialize the Skill's Category List, since it starts null.
//foreach (string k in skill.CategoriesList.Keys)
//{
// // if the user selected this key name
// if (skill.CategoriesList[k]) {
// Category cat = cats.First(c => c.Name == k);
// // add the category matching the key name
// skill.Categories.Add(cat);
// cat.Skills.Add(skill);
// db.Entry(cat).State = EntityState.Modified;
// }
//}
UserManager manager = new UserManager(db);
skill.User = manager.findByUserName(User.Identity.Name);
db.Skills.Add(skill);
db.SaveChanges();
return RedirectToAction("Index");
}
return View(skill);
}
public ActionResult Edit(Skill skill)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
// get the category list from the db only once.
List<Category> cats = db.Categories.ToList();
//// initialize the Skill's Category List. We're adding any that are still selected anyway, and don't want ones that were deselected to stick around.
//skill.Categories = new List<Category>();
//foreach (string k in skill.CategoriesList.Keys)
//{
// // if the user selected this key name
// if (skill.CategoriesList[k])
// {
// Category cat = cats.First(c => c.Name == k);
// // add the category matching the key name
// skill.Categories.Add(cat);
// // also add the skill to the category. gotta make sure the foreign keys are set properly.
// cat.Skills.Add(skill);
// db.Entry(cat).State = EntityState.Modified;
// }
//}
db.Entry(skill).State = EntityState.Modified;
db.SaveChanges();
return RedirectToAction("Index");
}
return View(skill);
}
public SkillView(Skill g)
{
this.SkillObj = g;
CategoriesList = new Dictionary<string, bool>();
List<Category> currCats = g.Categories.ToList();
foreach (Category cat in new CTContext().Categories.ToList()) {
CategoriesList[cat.Name] = (currCats.Contains(cat));
}
}
