using simple queries in ASP.NET MVC

Question

I checked google but found nothing good. I am searching for usinf Traditional SQL queries in MVC instead of Entity framework etc. So it would be go

Answer 1

So just add a Helper class and write whatever you need (Sql connections,commands,queries...), then call these helper methods from your controller.It's not different than old style

Static Helper Class:

public static class HelperFunctions
{
    private static string connString = "your connection string";

    public static IEnumerable GetAllUsers()
    {
        using (var conn = new SqlConnection(connString))
        using (var cmd = new SqlCommand(connection:conn))
        {
            // set your command text, execute your command 
            // get results and return
        }
    }

In your Controller:

public ActionResult Users()
    {
      // Get user list
        IEnumerable users = HelperFunctions.GetAllUsers();

        // Return your view and pass it to your list
        return View(users);
    }

In your View set your View model:

@model IEnumerable

Then you can access your user list from your View, for example:

foreach(var user in Model)
{
   
 @user.Name 
}

Model represents your actual View Model.If you want access more than one list from your View, you can use ViewBag or ViewData. Check this article for more information: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/476967/WhatplusisplusViewData-2cplusViewBagplusandplusTem