public async Task <bool> DeleteArtist(int id)
{
bool result = false;
using (var tx = Context.Database.BeginTransaction())
{
var artist = await Context.Artists.FirstOrDefaultAsync(art => art.Id == id);
// already gone
if (artist == null)
{
return(true);
}
var albumIds = await Context.Albums.Where(alb => alb.ArtistId == id).Select(alb => alb.Id).ToListAsync();
var albumRepo = new AlbumRepository(Context);
foreach (var albumId in albumIds)
{
// don't run async or we get p
result = await albumRepo.DeleteAlbum(albumId, tx);
if (!result)
{
return(false);
}
}
Context.Artists.Remove(artist);
result = await SaveAsync(); // just save
if (!result)
{
return(false);
}
tx.Commit();
return(result);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Artist look up by name - used for auto-complete box returns
/// </summary>
/// <param name="search"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public async Task <List <ArtistLookupItem> > ArtistLookup(string search = null)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(search))
{
return(new List <ArtistLookupItem>());
}
var repo = new AlbumRepository(Context);
var term = search.ToLower();
return(await repo.Context.Artists
.Where(a => a.ArtistName.ToLower().StartsWith(term))
.Select(a => new ArtistLookupItem
{
name = a.ArtistName,
id = a.ArtistName
})
.ToListAsync());
}