public List<MitchellClaim> GetClaimsInDates(string start, string end)
        {
            dal = new DAL(connString);

            DateTime startDate = DateTime.ParseExact(start, "yyyyMMddTHHmmss", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
            DateTime endDate = DateTime.ParseExact(end, "yyyyMMddTHHmmss", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

            return dal.DBGetClaimsInDates(startDate, endDate);
        }
        public MitchellClaim GetClaimByID(string id)
        {
            dal = new DAL(connString);

            // For string return type
            //JavaScriptSerializer serializer = new JavaScriptSerializer();
            //return serializer.Serialize(dal.GetClaim(id));

            return dal.DBGetClaimByID(id);
        }
        public void DeleteAllClaims()
        {
            dal = new DAL(connString);

            dal.DBDeleteAllClaims();
        }
        public void DeleteClaim(string id)
        {
            dal = new DAL(connString);

            dal.DBDeleteClaim(id);
        }
        public void CreateClaim(MitchellClaim cla)
        {
            dal = new DAL(connString);

            dal.DBCreateClaim(cla);
        }
        public List<MitchellClaim> GetAllClaims()
        {
            dal = new DAL(connString);

            return dal.DBGetAllClaims();
        }