Question

I added a class called Connect.cs;

namespace MovieApp.DAL
{
   public class Connect
   {
      public Connection()  //my class needs to have a return type
      {
        var connStr = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["Entities"];
        ObjectContext context = new ObjectContext(connStr.ConnectionString);
        var movieContext = context.CreateObjectSet<Movie>();
        return movieContext;
      }
   }
}

then i have in my controller class:

namespace MovieApp.Controllers
{
    public class MovieController : Controller
    {
        public ActionResult Index()
       {
        Connect connection = new Connect(//and what will i put here??);
        var movies = connection.OrderBy(m => m.Title);
        return View(movies);
        }
}

obviously i get errors because I do not know how to do this.
Of what type will movieContext be?
How do I get this code to work please?
thanks!

Answer 1

Something like this?

public ObjectSet<Movie> Connection()
{
    var connStr = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["Entities"];
    ObjectContext context = new ObjectContext(connStr.ConnectionString);
    var movieContext = context.CreateObjectSet<Movie>();
    return movieContext;
}

And then in your controller:

public ActionResult Index()
{
    Connect connection = new Connect();
    var movies = connection.Connection().OrderBy(m => m.Title);
    return View(movies);
}