Question

I want to insert data into SQL Server database when I click “Insert” button in excel.

The data is in Cells A2 and B2 and here is the code behind the “Insert” button in excel:

Dim HttpReq As New WinHttp.WinHttpRequest

HttpReq.Open "POST", "http://localhost:11121/Student/Insert/", False

HttpReq.Send "jsmith112"

Here is my code for the Controller action in VS:

 [HttpPost]
    public ActionResult Insert(string id)
    {

        try
        {

            student.AddToStudents(id);
            student.SaveChanges();

            return RedirectToAction("Index");
        }
        catch
        {
            return View();
        }
    }

This doesn’t seem to be working, could anyone guide me into finishing this?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Just change the POST to

"http://localhost:11121/Student/Insert/" + id

and then map the route

    routes.MapRoute(
        "InsertStudent",
        "Student/Insert/{id}",
        new { controller = "Student", action = "Insert", id = "" }
    );

and then in your controller you can check if id is empty, if not then make a new user

also, sometimes I do things like this

    routes.MapRoute(
        "Resource",
        "{resource}/{operation}/{id}",
        new { controller = "Resource", action = "Index", resource = "", operation = "" id = "" }
    );

and then you could parse out what the things are..

as a side note and if you were making more end points for your service, you might consider using GET, POST, PUT, DELETE instead of actually having “Insert” in the URI. REST.