public ActionResult Forums(ForumViewModel newForum)
{
if (!ModelState.IsValid)
return View();
try
{
MvcForumsEntities entities;
using (entities = new MvcForumsEntities())
{
Forum forum = new Forum() { description = newForum.Description, name = newForum.Name };
entities.AddToForum(forum);
entities.SaveChanges();
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
}
return View();
}
public User CreateUser(string userName ,string password, string email)
{
using (MvcForumsEntities forumEntities = new MvcForumsEntities())
{
//Checking if a user with the given name exists..if not create, otherwise return null
if(forumEntities.User.Where(user => user.UserName == userName).Count() == 0)
{
User newUser = new User(){UserName = userName, Password = password, EmailAddress=email, CreateDate=DateTime.Now};
forumEntities.AddToUser(newUser);
try
{
forumEntities.SaveChanges();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
return null;
}
return newUser;
}
else
return null;
}
}