EF Code First Approach Stored Procedure With Parameter

Introduction

This article shows how to access a SQL Server database with the Entity Framework Code First Approach and later we will also look at how to use a Stored Procedure with the Fluent API.

Step 1: Create ASP.Net web application

 

Employee.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.Schema;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
namespace CodeFirst_SP_WithParameterApp
{
    public class Employee
    {
        public Employee() {}
        [Key]
        [DatabaseGenerated(DatabaseGeneratedOption.Identity)]
        public int Id
        {
            get;
            set;
        }
        public string FirstName
        {
            get;
            set;
        }
        public string LastName
        {
            get;
            set;
        }
    }
}

Employeecontext.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data.Entity;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
namespace CodeFirst_SP_WithParameterApp
{
    public class EmployeeContext: DbContext
    {
        public EmployeeContext(): base("EmployeeConn")
        {
            Database.SetInitializer < EmployeeContext > (new CreateDatabaseIfNotExists < EmployeeContext > ());
        }
        public DbSet < Employee > Employees
        {get;set;}
        protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder) {
            modelBuilder.Entity < Employee > ()
            .MapToStoredProcedures(p = > p.Insert(sp = > sp.HasName("sp_InsertStudent").Parameter(pm = > pm.FirstName, "FirstName").Result(rs = > rs.Id, "Id")));
        }
    }
}

Web.config

<connectionStrings>
    <add name="EmployeeConn"
  connectionString="Data Source=WIN-B4KJ8JI75VF;Initial Catalog=EmployeeDB;Integrated Security=true"
  providerName="System.Data.SqlClient"/>
</connectionStrings>

Webform1.aspx

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
namespace CodeFirst_SP_WithParameterApp
{
    public partial class WebForm1: System.Web.UI.Page
    {
        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            EmployeeContext empContext = new EmployeeContext();
            Employee emp = new Employee()
            {
                FirstName = "Haney",
                LastName = "Jow"
            };
            empContext.Employees.Add(emp);
            empContext.SaveChanges();
        }
    }
}

Summary

In this article we saw how to access a SQL Server database with the Entity Framework Code First Approach and how to use a Stored Procedure with the Fluent API. Happy coding.