protected void Update_Author(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Pagedb db = new Pagedb();
bool valid = true;
string authorid = Request.QueryString["authorid"];
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(authorid))
{
valid = false;
}
if (valid)
{
Authors new_author = new Authors();
//update author
new_author.SetAuthorfname(edit_authorfname.Text);
new_author.SetAuthorlname(edit_authorlname.Text);
//adding to the database
try
{
db.Update_Author(Int32.Parse(authorid), new_author);
Response.Redirect("~/ShowAuthor.aspx?authorid=" + authorid);
}
catch
{
valid = false;
}
}
if (!valid)
{
editauthor.InnerHtml = "There was an error updating that author.";
}
}
public Authors FindAuthor(int id)
{
MySqlConnection Connect = new MySqlConnection(ConnectionString);
Authors result_author = new Authors();
try
{
string query = "select * from authors where authorid = " + id;
Debug.WriteLine("Connection Initialized...");
Connect.Open();
MySqlCommand cmd = new MySqlCommand(query, Connect);
MySqlDataReader resultset = cmd.ExecuteReader();
List <Authors> authors = new List <Authors>();
while (resultset.Read())
{
Authors currentauthor = new Authors();
for (int i = 0; i < resultset.FieldCount; i++)
{
string key = resultset.GetName(i);
string value = resultset.GetString(i);
Debug.WriteLine("Attempting to transfer " + key + " data of " + value);
switch (key)
{
case "authorfname":
currentauthor.SetAuthorfname(value);
break;
case "authorlname":
currentauthor.SetAuthorlname(value);
break;
}
}
authors.Add(currentauthor);
}
result_author = authors[0];
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Debug.WriteLine("Something went wrong in the find Author method!");
Debug.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
}
Connect.Close();
Debug.WriteLine("Database Connection Terminated.");
return(result_author);
}
