//ListPages function returns a 'List of HTTP_Page objects'. Using these page objects the records are dynamically displayed.
public List <HTTP_Page> ListPages(string query)
{
MySqlConnection Connect = new MySqlConnection(ConnectionString);
// Creating a List of HTTP_Page objects, which will be modified and returned by the function.
List <HTTP_Page> pageList = new List <HTTP_Page>();
try
{
//The below lines opens a connection, passes query to the connection and gets the result set after executing the query.
Connect.Open();
MySqlCommand cmd = new MySqlCommand(query, Connect);
MySqlDataReader resultset = cmd.ExecuteReader();
//Looping through the resultset to get the details needed to display in listPages.
while (resultset.Read())
{
//Creating page object which will hold individual record details. This will be added to the list ('pageList').
HTTP_Page page = new HTTP_Page();
Debug.WriteLine("Reading from the result Set");
//Code to get individual record details.
for (int i = 0; i < resultset.FieldCount; i++)
{
string key = resultset.GetName(i);
string value = resultset.GetString(i);
if (key == "pageid")
{
page.SetPageId(Int32.Parse(value));
}
if (key == "pagetitle")
{
page.SetPageTitle(value);
}
if (key == "pagebody")
{
page.SetPageContent(value);
}
if (key == "pageauthor")
{
page.SetPageAuthor(value);
}
if (key == "pagedate")
{
page.SetPagePublishDate(value);
}
if (key == "pagestatus")
{
page.SetPagePublishStatus(bool.Parse(value));
}
}
//Adding an individual page record to the pageList.
pageList.Add(page);
}
resultset.Close();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Debug.WriteLine("An exception occured in the ListPages(String query) method! ");
Debug.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
}
finally
{
//Closing the connection
Connect.Close();
}
Debug.WriteLine("Database Connection Closed.");
//Returning pageList which has a list of HTTP_Page objects.
return(pageList);
}