Orchard data insert/delete for non content item

Question

I am intending to insert/delete some information in a module's Action (using Orchard Rules-Action API) in a one-column table in the database. What is the best way of doing such tasks i.e. Data manipulation of non-content items. I do not want to go by the "Create a content type" route. I simply want to persist some non-content data in the database and query/delete them.

namespace xyz.Models
{
    public class Task
    {
        public virtual int ContentId { get; set; }
        public virtual int Retries { get; set; }
    }
}

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SchemaBuilder.CreateTable("Task",
                     table => table
                         .Column<int>("ContentId")
                         .Column<int>("Retries")                     
                     ); 


                return 1;

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namespace Xyz.Services
{
    public class TaskService : ITaskService
    {
        private readonly IRepository<Task> _taskRepository;

        public TaskService(IRepository<Task> taskRepository)
        {
            _taskRepository = taskRepository;
        }

        public Task CreateTask(int contentId)
        {
            var task = new Task { ContentId = contentId };
            _taskRepository.Create(task);
            return task;
        }
   }
}

Answer 1

If you mean "creating a table without ContentPart" by non-content, then just create your desired model in the models folder :

  public class MyRecord{

        public virtual int Id { get; set; }

        public virtual string FOO{ get; set; }

        public virtual string BAR{ get; set; }

    }

and obviously you must create a table in migration as following :

SchemaBuilder.CreateTable("MyRecord",
                table => table
                    .Column<int>("Id", c => c.PrimaryKey().Identity())
                    .Column<string>("FOO")
                    .Column<string>("BAR")
                ); 

and finally where you want to have a transaction over table ,simply inject an instance of your model's repository :

private readonly IRepository<MyRecord> _repository;

public SomeClass(IRepository<MyRecord> repository){
    _repository = repository;    
}


  public SomeMethod(){
        var record = new MyRecord();
        //initialize your class here
      _repository.Create(record);
  }

Important to note is that your record class must be in the Models folder and must contain an Id property.