/// <summary>
/// This function will register a new user for use with the system. User data is
/// stored in the database. Parameters do not require sanitizing.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="usern">This is the username for the new account</param>
/// <param name="pass">This is the hashed password for the new account</param>
/// <returns>Returns true if account insertion is successful</returns>
public bool registerUser(string usern, string pass)
{
bool success = false;
using (var db = new stock_advisorDataContext(Program.ConnectionString))
{
//create user_info object w/params
var newUser = new USER_INFO()
{
Username = usern,
Password = pass
};
db.USER_INFOs.InsertOnSubmit(newUser);
try
{
db.SubmitChanges(); //execute insert
//verify that was successfully inserted
var added = db.USER_INFOs.SingleOrDefault(a => a.Username == usern && a.Password == pass);
if (added != null)
{
success = true;
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("Exception caught during account creation/insert:\n");
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
}
return(success);
}
partial void UpdateUSER_INFO(USER_INFO instance);
partial void DeleteUSER_INFO(USER_INFO instance);
partial void InsertUSER_INFO(USER_INFO instance);
