// METHOD HEADER COMMENT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* \fn Select
* \brief This select statement will take in a table type and a optional Id number for the table
* It will return a list of objects that can then be cast to the correct class type
* \param[in] ParentTable tabletype, int TableID = -1
* \param[out] None
* \return List<object>
* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
public static List <object> Select(ParentTable tabletype, int TableID = -1)
{
//get the select statement for the table
string query = tabletype.GetSelectStatment();
if (TableID != -1)
{
//if a id was passed in, add a where class to the select statement
string sufix = " where " + tabletype.GetTableName() + "ID = " + TableID.ToString() + ";";
query = query.Replace(";", sufix);
}
//Create as array list to store the result
List <string>[] list = new List <string> [tabletype.GetColoumInt()];
for (int i = 0; i < list.Length; i++)
{
list[i] = new List <string>();
}
//Create Command
MySqlCommand cmd = new MySqlCommand(query, connection);
//Create a data reader and Execute the command
MySqlDataReader dataReader = cmd.ExecuteReader();
//get the column names from the
List <string> ColomNames = tabletype.GetColoumNames();
//Read the data and store them in the array of lists
while (dataReader.Read())
{
for (int i = 0; i < list.Length; i++)
{
list[i].Add(dataReader[ColomNames[i]] + "");
}
}
//close Data Reader
dataReader.Close();
//take the array of lists, and convert it to a list of objects
List <object> outList = tabletype.PackageClasses(list);
TMSLogger.LogIt(" | " + "SQL.cs" + " | " + "SQL" + " | " + "Select" + " | " + "Confirmation" + " | " + "Data selected with SQL" + " | ");
//return the list
return(outList);
}