public static HebbraCoDbfModel.Staff buildModel(StaffDetailVM staff, HebbraCoDbfModel.Staff s)
{
s.businessUnitId = staff.businessUnitId;
s.staffCode = staff.staffCode;
s.firstName = staff.firstName;
s.middleName = staff.middleName;
s.lastName = staff.lastName;
s.dob = staff.dob;
s.startDate = staff.startDate;
s.profile = staff.profile;
s.emailAddress = staff.emailAddress;
s.Active = true;
return(s);
}
public static Models.StaffDetailVM buildViewModel(HebbraCoDbfModel.Staff thisStaff)
{
StaffDetailVM vm = new StaffDetailVM
{
businessUnitCode = thisStaff.BusinessUnit.businessUnitCode,
staffCode = thisStaff.staffCode,
firstName = thisStaff.firstName,
middleName = thisStaff.middleName,
lastName = thisStaff.lastName,
dob = thisStaff.dob,
startDate = thisStaff.startDate,
profile = thisStaff.profile,
emailAddress = thisStaff.emailAddress
};
return(vm);
}
public ActionResult Create([Bind(Include = "businessUnitId,staffCode,firstName,middleName,lastName,dob,startDate,profile,emailAddress")] Task1Start.Models.StaffDetailVM staffVM)
{
ViewBag.businessUnitId = new SelectList(db.BusinessUnits.Where(b => b.Active == true), "businessUnitId", "businessUnitCode"); // Returns a list of business codes that are active
if (ModelState.IsValid) // If validation checks pass...
{
if (db.Staffs.Count(s => s.staffCode.Equals(staffVM.staffCode, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) && s.Active == true) > 0)
{
ViewBag.Message = "The staff code is already in use!";
return(View(staffVM));
}
else
{
var model = StaffDetailVM.buildModel(staffVM); // Passes the view model data and gets back a Staff model
model.Active = true; // Sets the active flag to true (it's not been soft deleted!)
db.Staffs.Add(model); // Inserts the data to the database as a new row
db.SaveChanges(); // Saves the changes to the database
return(RedirectToAction("Index")); // Redirects to the Staff list
}
}
return(View(staffVM)); // Returns back to the creation form with the errors from validation
}