public int GetTotalNrCopies(string isbn)
 {
     try
     {
         return(_copyDa.ReadCopies(isbn, "0", _context).Count);
     }
     catch
     {
         return(-1);
     }
 }
        public List <readAllMaterial> ReadMaterials(string materialTitle, string author, int numOfRecords = 10, string isbn = "0", string jobStatus = "0")
        {
            using (var dbContextTransaction = _context.Database.BeginTransaction(IsolationLevel.ReadUncommitted))
            {
                try
                {
                    var materials = _materialDa.ReadMaterials(isbn, materialTitle, author, numOfRecords, _context);
                    var copies    = _copyDa.ReadCopies(isbn, jobStatus, _context);

                    List <readAllMaterial> allMaterials = new List <readAllMaterial>();
                    readAllMaterial        readAllMaterial;

                    foreach (var c in copies)
                    {
                        bool unique = true;
                        foreach (var allMaterial in allMaterials)
                        {
                            if (allMaterial.ISBN == c.ISBN && allMaterial.TypeName == c.TypeName &&
                                allMaterial.Location == c.LibraryName)
                            {
                                unique = false;
                            }
                        }

                        if (unique)
                        {
                            foreach (var m in materials)
                            {
                                if (m.ISBN.Equals(c.ISBN))
                                {
                                    readAllMaterial = new readAllMaterial
                                    {
                                        ISBN        = c.ISBN, TypeName = c.TypeName, Location = c.LibraryName,
                                        Description = m.Description,
                                        Author      = m.Author, Title = m.Author
                                    };
                                    allMaterials.Add(readAllMaterial);
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }

                    if (allMaterials.Count > numOfRecords)
                    {
                        for (int i = allMaterials.Count - 1; i >= numOfRecords; i--)
                        {
                            allMaterials.RemoveAt(i);
                        }
                    }

                    allMaterials = CountAvailableCopies(allMaterials, copies);
                    dbContextTransaction.Commit();
                    return(allMaterials);
                }
                catch
                {
                    dbContextTransaction.Rollback();
                    return(null);
                }
            }
        }