public static void AddBookInDB(string author, string title, string isbn, string price, string site)
{
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;
BookstoreDBEntities context = new BookstoreDBEntities();
using (context)
{
Book book = new Book();
if (isbn != null)
{
book.ISBN = long.Parse(isbn);
}
else
{
book.ISBN = null;
}
if (price != null)
{
book.Price = decimal.Parse(price);
}
else
{
book.Price = null;
}
book.WebSite = site;
book.Title = title.ToLower();
context.Books.Add(book);
context.SaveChanges();
// is author in the db
var existingAuthor =
(from a in context.Authors
where a.Name == author.ToLower()
select a).FirstOrDefault();
if (existingAuthor == null)
{
Author newAuthor = new Author()
{
Name = author.ToLower(),
};
context.Authors.Add(newAuthor);
context.SaveChanges();
existingAuthor = newAuthor;
}
book.Authors.Add(existingAuthor);
context.SaveChanges();
}
}
private static List<Review> AddReviews(BookstoreDBEntities context, List<string[]> reviews)
{
CultureInfo provider = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;
List<Review> allReviews = new List<Review>();
if (reviews == null)
{
return null;
}
foreach (var rev in reviews)
{
Review review = new Review();
review.Text = rev[0];
if (rev[2] != null)
{
review.CreationDate = DateTime.ParseExact(rev[2], "d-MMM-yyyy", provider);
}
else
{
review.CreationDate = null;
}
if (rev[1] != null)
{
string name = rev[1].ToLower();
var existingAuthor =
(from a in context.Authors
where a.Name == name
select a).FirstOrDefault();
//IMPORTANT
// I am not very sure is the auther of the review is missing from the database what I must do
// so if we must create ne and attach him to the review just uncomment this code or if only
// existing authors must be attached do nothing :)
// thanks
//---------------------------------
if (existingAuthor == null)
{
Author newAuthor = new Author()
{
Name = rev[1].ToLower(),
};
context.Authors.Add(newAuthor);
context.SaveChanges();
existingAuthor = newAuthor;
}
//----------------------------------
review.Author = existingAuthor;
}
else
{
review.Author = null;
}
allReviews.Add(review);
}
return allReviews;
}
private static List<Author> AddAuthors(BookstoreDBEntities context, List<string[]> authors)
{
List<Author> authorList = new List<Author>();
if (authorList == null)
{
return null;
}
foreach (var author in authors)
{
string autherName = author[0].ToLower();
var existingAuthor =
(from a in context.Authors
where a.Name == autherName
select a).FirstOrDefault();
if (existingAuthor == null)
{
Author newAuthor = new Author()
{
Name = author[0].ToLower(),
};
context.Authors.Add(newAuthor);
context.SaveChanges();
existingAuthor = newAuthor;
}
authorList.Add(existingAuthor);
}
return authorList;
}
