public ActionResult _ajaxSaveAuthor(Author author)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
try
{
//should really do some checking here to validate the save operation
var a = _authorsRepository.SaveAuthor(author);
ViewBag.SuccessMessage = "Author Saved";
return View("EditorTemplates/Author", a);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
ViewBag.SuccessMessage = "There was a problem saving the record";
//log the exception somewhere and then tell someone who cares
return View("EditorTemplates/Author", author);
}
}
else
{
ViewBag.SuccessMessage = "Author Save Failed";
return View("EditorTemplates/Author", author);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// save the author
/// </summary>
/// <param name="author">the author to be saved</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public Author SaveAuthor(Author author)
{
return _context.SaveAuthor(author);
}
public Author SaveAuthor(Author author)
{
//does it exist?
var upd = (from a in _dataContext.Authors
where a.AuthorId == author.AuthorId
select a).FirstOrDefault();
if (upd == null)
{
upd = new Author();
_dataContext.Authors.Add(upd);
}
upd.AuthorFirstName = author.AuthorFirstName;
upd.AuthorLastName = author.AuthorLastName;
return upd;
}