Question

Sorry If I am posting this question in the wrong forum. This is my first time posting at Stackoverflow. And Also I am learning ASP.NET and C# by myself so pardon me if this elementary.

I have created a class file in ASP.NET 4.0 C# using visual studio 2010. My code is like below

namespace My.Customers
{
    public class EmailMailingList
    {
        #region members

        private string _emailList;

        #endregion

        #region properties

        /// <summary>
        /// gets or sets Customer Email for Mailing List
        /// </summary>
        public string EmailList
        {
            get { return _emailList; }
            set { _emailList = value; }
        }

        #endregion
    }
}

I have a Database table in SQL 2008 named MailingList with 2 fields namely Id and Email where Id is int with auto increment and Email Varchar(50).

I also created a Stored Procedure based on this table to enter the email address.

where I am getting confused is How can I add this info to my class file so the data can be saved to the database.

I also created a web form called Join-Mailing-List.aspx with a textbox called tbEmail and a Submit Button called Join.

What I am trying to is when someone enters the email address in the textbox I want to pass the textbox value to string EmailList in my class file and save the data to the database.

I know how to pass the textbox value to my class file. I just dont know how to save the info to the DB without using the DB code in the aspx page

Thanks and really appreciate for any advice or examples

Answer 1

There are a number of different ways to save information to a database using C#. Some of the more common:

• ADO.NET
• Linq-To-SQL
• Entity Framework

You will probably need to read up on those to find the best one for you. If you want something quick and relatively easy, I would probably go with ADO.NET but others may disagree.

As far as how to include the code for the update in your class you could just add an Update() or Save() function.