/// <summary>
/// Saves form data (including XML representation) to the database
/// </summary>
/// <param name="form"></param>
/// <param name="data"></param>
private Guid SaveToDatabase(FormSubmission form, XmlDocument data)
{
using (FormProcessorDbContext db = new FormProcessorDbContext())
{
FormSubmissionEntity formData = new FormSubmissionEntity
{
ID = Guid.NewGuid(),
FormID = form.Meta.ID,
Referrer = form.Meta.Referrer,
Datetime = form.Meta.Datetime,
ClientIP = form.Meta.ClientIP,
Data = data.InnerXml
};
db.Forms.Add(formData);
db.SaveChanges();
_log.Debug(m => m("Form submission successfully saved to the database. (ID = {0})", formData.ID));
return formData.ID;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a new <see cref="FormSubmission"/> object from the POSTed form
/// </summary>
/// <param name="formID"></param>
/// <param name="request"></param>
/// <param name="requiredFields"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static FormSubmission Create(Guid formID, HttpRequest request, string requiredFields)
{
IList<string> required = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(requiredFields) ? new List<string>() : new List<string>(requiredFields.Split(','));
_log.Trace(m => m("{0} required fields: {1}", required.Count, requiredFields));
FormSubmission form = new FormSubmission
{
Meta =
{
ID = formID,
Referrer = request.UrlReferrer != null ? request.UrlReferrer.AbsoluteUri : "(empty)",
// the following conversion forces the DateTime to be handled as a local time (rather
// than UTC) in XML serialization. - 12/20/2011, [email protected]
Datetime = XmlConvert.ToDateTime(DateTime.Now.ToString("s"), XmlDateTimeSerializationMode.RoundtripKind),
ClientIP = request.UserHostAddress
}
};
_log.Trace(m => m("Meta data added:\n\nID = {0}\nReferrer = {1}\nDatetime = {2}\nClientIP = {3}", form.Meta.ID, form.Meta.Referrer, form.Meta.Datetime, form.Meta.ClientIP));
_log.Debug(m => m("Processing {0} POST variables...", request.Form.AllKeys.Length));
foreach (string name in request.Form.AllKeys)
{
// filter out form meta data and ASP.NET internal values
if (!name.StartsWith("__"))
{
string fieldValue = request.Form[name];
_log.Trace(m => m("Creating form submission field: '{0}'", fieldValue));
if (name.StartsWith(Utility.META_FIELD_PREFIX))
{
form.Meta.Fields.Add(FormField.Create(name.Substring(Utility.META_FIELD_PREFIX.Length), fieldValue ?? "(blank)" ));
}
else
{
form.Data.Fields.Add(FormField.Create(name, fieldValue, name.StartsWith(Utility.REQUIRED_FIELD_PREFIX) || required.Contains(name)));
}
}
else
{
_log.Trace(m => m("Ignoring ASP.NET internal variable: {0}", name));
}
}
return form;
}
