public ActionResult ViewSingleBook(int id) { Book targetBook = null; string authorNames = null; using (GaryBookstoreEntities dbc = new GaryBookstoreEntities()) { targetBook = dbc.Books.Include("Inventory").SingleOrDefault(b => b.BookId == id); List <BookAuthor> authors = dbc.BookAuthors.Where(b => b.BookId == id).ToList(); for (int i = 0; i < authors.Count; i++) { BookAuthor author = authors[i]; authorNames += dbc.Authors.SingleOrDefault(a => a.Id == author.AuthorId).Name; if (i < authors.Count() - 1) { authorNames += ", "; } } } if (targetBook == null) { return(View("Error")); } else { ViewData["authors"] = authorNames; return(View("BookDetails", targetBook)); } }
public ActionResult Index() { List<Book> featuredBooks = new List<Book>(); List<int> ids = new List<int>(new int[] { 96, 110, 515 }); using (GaryBookstoreEntities dbc = new GaryBookstoreEntities()) { foreach (var id in ids) { Book book = dbc.Books.SingleOrDefault(b => b.BookId == id); featuredBooks.Add(book); } } return View(featuredBooks); }
public ActionResult ViewBooks(int pageNumber) { List <Book> allBooks = null; int size = 0; using (GaryBookstoreEntities dbc = new GaryBookstoreEntities()) { size = dbc.Books.Count(); if (size <= (pageNumber - 1) * bookPerPage) { return(View("Error")); } int max = Math.Min(size, pageNumber * bookPerPage); allBooks = dbc.Books.Include("Inventory").Where(b => b.BookId >= (pageNumber - 1) * bookPerPage + 1 && b.BookId <= max).ToList(); } ViewData["maxPage"] = (size - 1) / bookPerPage + 1; ViewData["curPage"] = pageNumber; return(View("BookList", allBooks)); }