public static HebbraCoDbfModel.BusinessUnit buildModel(BusinessUnitDetailVM businessUnit, HebbraCoDbfModel.BusinessUnit Bu)
{
Bu.businessUnitCode = businessUnit.businessUnitCode;
Bu.title = businessUnit.title;
Bu.description = businessUnit.description;
Bu.officeAddress1 = businessUnit.officeAddress1;
Bu.officeAddresss2 = businessUnit.officeAddresss2;
Bu.officeAddress3 = businessUnit.officeAddress3;
Bu.officeContact = businessUnit.officeContact;
Bu.officeEmail = businessUnit.officeEmail;
Bu.officePhone = businessUnit.officePhone;
Bu.officePostCode = businessUnit.officePostCode;
Bu.Active = true;
return(Bu);
}
public static Models.BusinessUnitDetailVM buildViewModel(HebbraCoDbfModel.BusinessUnit thisBu)
{
BusinessUnitDetailVM vm = new BusinessUnitDetailVM
{
businessUnitCode = thisBu.businessUnitCode.Trim(),
title = thisBu.title,
description = thisBu.description,
officeAddress1 = thisBu.officeAddress1,
officeAddresss2 = thisBu.officeAddresss2,
officeAddress3 = thisBu.officeAddress3,
officeContact = thisBu.officeContact,
officeEmail = thisBu.officeEmail,
officePhone = thisBu.officePhone,
officePostCode = thisBu.officePostCode
};
return(vm);
}
[ValidateAntiForgeryToken] // Tells ASP.NET MVC that we don't want to be vulnerable to CSRF attacks!
public ActionResult Create([Bind(Include = "businessUnitCode,title,description,officeAddress1,officeAddresss2,officeAddress3,officePostCode,officeContact,officePhone,officeEmail")] Task1Start.Models.BusinessUnitDetailVM businessUnitVM)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid) // If validation checks pass...
{
if (db.BusinessUnits.Count(bu => bu.businessUnitCode.Equals(businessUnitVM.businessUnitCode, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) && bu.Active == true) > 0)
{
ViewBag.Message = "The business unit code is already in use!";
return(View(businessUnitVM));
}
else
{
var model = BusinessUnitDetailVM.buildModel(businessUnitVM); // Passes the view model data and gets back a BusinessUnit model
model.Active = true; // Sets the active flag to true (it's not been soft deleted!)
db.BusinessUnits.Add(model); // Inserts the data to the database as a new row
db.SaveChanges(); // Saves the changes to the database
return(RedirectToAction("Index")); // Redirects to the BusinessUnits list
}
}
return(View(businessUnitVM)); // Returns back to the creation form with the errors from validation
}