Insert Data - Reverse Engineering POCO Generator
 
Introduction
 
This article demonstrates an interesting and very useful concept in Entity Framework.
Question: What is reverse engineering POCO generator?
 
In simple terms "It is a template that enables generation of entity classes by reverse engineering with the POCO generator".
Step 1: Create a new web application
 
![new-project.png]()
 
Step 2: Adding a new Entity Framework reverse engineering POCO generator:
 
![add-new-items.png]()
 
![entityframework.png]()
 
Step 3: The complete code of WebForm1.aspx is as in the following:
 
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="WebForm1.aspx.cs" Inherits="InsertDataReverseEnggPOCOGenerator.WebForm1" %>
 
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title></title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <center>
        <table>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text="Reverse Engg. POCO Generator - Insert Data"
                        Font-Bold="true"></asp:Label>
                </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
        <br />
        <br />
        <table>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <asp:Label ID="Label2" runat="server" Text="Please Enter FirstName: " ForeColor="Brown"
                        Font-Bold="true" Font-Italic="true"></asp:Label>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <asp:Label ID="Label3" runat="server" Text="Please Enter LastName: " ForeColor="Brown"
                        Font-Bold="true" Font-Italic="true"></asp:Label>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox2" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <asp:Label ID="Label4" runat="server" Text="Please Enter Age: " ForeColor="Brown"
                        Font-Bold="true" Font-Italic="true"></asp:Label>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox3" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="2" align="center">
                    <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Insert Data" OnClick="Button1_Click"
                        BackColor="Orange" Font-Bold="true" /><br />
                    <br />
                </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
        <br />
        <br />
        <table>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="3">
                    <asp:Label ID="Label5" runat="server" Font-Bold="true"></asp:Label>
                </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
    </center>
    </form>
</body>
</html>
Step 4: The complete code of WebForm1.aspx.cs is as in the following:
 
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
namespace InsertDataReverseEnggPOCOGenerator
{
    public partial class WebForm1 : System.Web.UI.Page{protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
    }
        protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(TextBox1.Text) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(TextBox2.Text) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(TextBox3.Text))
            {
                Label5.Text = "Please Enter Some Values";
                Label5.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red;
            }
            else
            {
                objEmployee.FirstName = TextBox1.Text;
                objEmployee.LastName = TextBox2.Text;
                objEmployee.Age = int.Parse(TextBox3.Text);
                objEntities.TblEmployee.Add(objEmployee);
                objEntities.SaveChanges();
                Label5.Text = "Data Inserted Successfully";
                Label5.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Green;
                TextBox1.Text = string.Empty;
                TextBox2.Text = string.Empty;
                TextBox3.Text = string.Empty;
            }
        }
        #region Instance MembersMyDbContext objEntities = new MyDbContext();
        TblEmployee objEmployee = new TblEmployee();
        #endregion
    }
}
 
Step 5: The complete code of web.config is as in the following:
 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!--For more information on how to configure your ASP.NET application, please visithttp://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=169433-->
<configuration>
  <configSections>
    <!-- For more information on Entity Framework configuration, visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=237468 -->
    <section name="entityFramework" type="System.Data.Entity.Internal.ConfigFile.EntityFrameworkSection, EntityFramework, Version=4.4.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false" />
  </configSections>
  <connectionStrings>
    <add name="ApplicationServices" connectionString="data source=.\SQLEXPRESS;Integrated Security=SSPI;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|\aspnetdb.mdf;User Instance=true" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
    <add name="MyDbContext" connectionString="Data Source=WIN-KV3BO1RQQF7;Initial Catalog=Company;Integrated Security=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=True" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
  </connectionStrings>
  <system.web>
    <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0" />
    <authentication mode="Forms">
      <forms loginUrl="~/Account/Login.aspx" timeout="2880" />
    </authentication>
    <membership>
      <providers>
        <clear />
        <add name="AspNetSqlMembershipProvider" type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider" connectionStringName="ApplicationServices" enablePasswordRetrieval="false" enablePasswordReset="true" requiresQuestionAndAnswer="false" requiresUniqueEmail="false" maxInvalidPasswordAttempts="5" minRequiredPasswordLength="6" minRequiredNonalphanumericCharacters="0" passwordAttemptWindow="10" applicationName="/" />
      </providers>
    </membership>
    <profile>
      <providers>
        <clear />
        <add name="AspNetSqlProfileProvider" type="System.Web.Profile.SqlProfileProvider" connectionStringName="ApplicationServices" applicationName="/" />
      </providers>
    </profile>
    <roleManager enabled="false">
      <providers>
        <clear />
        <add name="AspNetSqlRoleProvider" type="System.Web.Security.SqlRoleProvider" connectionStringName="ApplicationServices" applicationName="/" />
        <add name="AspNetWindowsTokenRoleProvider" type="System.Web.Security.WindowsTokenRoleProvider" applicationName="/" />
      </providers>
    </roleManager>
  </system.web>
  <system.webServer>
    <modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true" />
  </system.webServer>
  <entityFramework>
    <defaultConnectionFactory type="System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.SqlConnectionFactory, EntityFramework" />
  </entityFramework>
</configuration>
  
Step 6: The output of the application is as in the following:
 
![insert-data.png]()
 
Step 7: The inserted data output of the application is as in the following:
 
![insert-data-successfully.png]()
 
Select Data - Reverse Engineering POCO Generator
 
Question: What is reverse engineering POCO generator?
 
In simple terms "It is a template that enables generation of entity classes by reverse engineering with the POCO generator".
Step 1: Create a new web application
 
![new-project1.png]()
 
Step 2: Adding a new Entity Framework reverse engineering POCO generator:
 
![add-new-items1.png]()
 
![entity-framework1.png]()
 
Step 3: The complete code of WebForm1.aspx is as in the following:
 
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="WebForm1.aspx.cs" Inherits="SelectDataReverseEnggPOCOTemplate.WebForm1" %>
 
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title></title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <center>
        <div>
            <table>
                <tr>
                    <td colspan="2" align="center">
                        <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text="Select Data - Reverse POCO Generator"
                            Font-Bold="true" Font-Size="Large" Font-Names="Verdana" ForeColor="Maroon"></asp:Label>
                    </td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td colspan="2" align="center">
                        <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Select Data" Font-Names="Verdana" Width="213px"
                            BackColor="Orange" Font-Bold="True" OnClick="Button1_Click" />
                    </td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td colspan="2" align="center">
                        <asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" CssClass="grid" BackColor="LightGoldenrodYellow"
                            BorderColor="Tan" BorderWidth="1px" CellPadding="2" ForeColor="Black" GridLines="None">
                            <AlternatingRowStyle BackColor="PaleGoldenrod" />
                            <FooterStyle BackColor="Tan" />
                            <HeaderStyle BackColor="Tan" Font-Bold="True" />
                            <PagerStyle BackColor="PaleGoldenrod" ForeColor="DarkSlateBlue" HorizontalAlign="Center" />
                            <SelectedRowStyle BackColor="DarkSlateBlue" ForeColor="GhostWhite" />
                            <SortedAscendingCellStyle BackColor="#FAFAE7" />
                            <SortedAscendingHeaderStyle BackColor="#DAC09E" />
                            <SortedDescendingCellStyle BackColor="#E1DB9C" />
                            <SortedDescendingHeaderStyle BackColor="#C2A47B" />
                            <EmptyDataTemplate>
                                No Records Found!</EmptyDataTemplate>
                        </asp:GridView>
                    </td>
                </tr>
            </table>
        </div>
    </center>
    </form>
</body>
</html>
 
Step 4: The complete code of WebForm1.aspx.cs is as in the following:
 
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
namespace SelectDataReverseEnggPOCOTemplate
{
    public partial class WebForm1 : System.Web.UI.Page 
    {
        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) 
        {
        } 
        protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        { 
            using (MyDbContext objEntities = new MyDbContext())
            {
                GridView1.DataSource = objEntities.TblEmployee.ToList(); 
                GridView1.DataBind(); 
            } 
        } 
    }
}
 
Step 5: The complete code of web.config is as in the following:
 
 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!--For more information on how to configure your ASP.NET application, please visithttp://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=169433-->
<configuration>
  <configSections>
    <!-- For more information on Entity Framework configuration, visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=237468 -->
    <section name="entityFramework" type="System.Data.Entity.Internal.ConfigFile.EntityFrameworkSection, EntityFramework, Version=4.4.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false" />
  </configSections>
  <connectionStrings>
    <add name="ApplicationServices" connectionString="data source=.\SQLEXPRESS;Integrated Security=SSPI;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|\aspnetdb.mdf;User Instance=true" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
    <add name="MyDbContext" connectionString="Data Source=WIN-KV3BO1RQQF7;Initial Catalog=Company;Integrated Security=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=True" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
  </connectionStrings>
  <system.web>
    <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0" />
    <authentication mode="Forms">
      <forms loginUrl="~/Account/Login.aspx" timeout="2880" />
    </authentication>
    <membership>
      <providers>
        <clear />
        <add name="AspNetSqlMembershipProvider" type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider" connectionStringName="ApplicationServices" enablePasswordRetrieval="false" enablePasswordReset="true" requiresQuestionAndAnswer="false" requiresUniqueEmail="false" maxInvalidPasswordAttempts="5" minRequiredPasswordLength="6" minRequiredNonalphanumericCharacters="0" passwordAttemptWindow="10" applicationName="/" />
      </providers>
    </membership>
    <profile>
      <providers>
        <clear />
        <add name="AspNetSqlProfileProvider" type="System.Web.Profile.SqlProfileProvider" connectionStringName="ApplicationServices" applicationName="/" />
      </providers>
    </profile>
    <roleManager enabled="false">
      <providers>
        <clear />
        <add name="AspNetSqlRoleProvider" type="System.Web.Security.SqlRoleProvider" connectionStringName="ApplicationServices" applicationName="/" />
        <add name="AspNetWindowsTokenRoleProvider" type="System.Web.Security.WindowsTokenRoleProvider" applicationName="/" />
      </providers>
    </roleManager>
  </system.web>
  <system.webServer>
    <modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true" />
  </system.webServer>
  <entityFramework>
    <defaultConnectionFactory type="System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.SqlConnectionFactory, EntityFramework" />
  </entityFramework>
</configuration>
 
Step 6: The output of the application is as in the following:
 
![select-data.png]()
 
Step 7: The selected data output of the application is as in the following:
 
![display-data.png]()
 
I hope this article was useful for you.