Introduction
This article demonstrates an interesting and very useful concept in Entity Framework.
Question: What POCO Template?
In simple terms "It enables generation of code with a template based upon an Entity".
Step 1: Create a new web application
![Output1.jpg]()
Step 2: Adding a new Entity Data Model Framework
![OutputEDF.jpg]()
Step 3: Add new POCO template
![POCO Pic.jpg]()
Step 4: The complete code of WebForm1.aspx is as in the following:
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="WebForm1.aspx.cs" Inherits="UpdateDataPOCOTemplate.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">
<asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text="Update Data - POCO Template" Font-Bold="true"
Font-Size="Large" Font-Names="Verdana" ForeColor="Maroon"></asp:Label>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<asp:Label ID="Label6" runat="server" Text="Please Enter Id" Font-Size="Large" Font-Names="Verdana"
Font-Italic="true"></asp:Label>
</td>
<td>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox4" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<asp:Label ID="Label2" runat="server" Text="Please Enter First Name" Font-Size="Large"
Font-Names="Verdana" 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 Last Name" Font-Size="Large"
Font-Names="Verdana" 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" Font-Size="Large" Font-Names="Verdana"
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="Update" Font-Names="Verdana" Width="213px"
BackColor="Orange" Font-Bold="True" OnClick="Button1_Click" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" align="center">
<asp:Label ID="Label5" runat="server" Font-Bold="true" Font-Names="Verdana" ForeColor="Maroon"></asp:Label>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</center>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Step 5: 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 UpdateDataPOCOTemplate
{
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) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(TextBox4.Text))
{
Label5.Text = "Please Enter Some Data";
Label5.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red;
}
else
{
var id1 = Convert.ToInt32(TextBox4.Text);
var objEmployee = objEntities.tblEmployee.Where(a => a.EmpId == id1).FirstOrDefault();
objEmployee.FirstName = TextBox1.Text;
objEmployee.LastName = TextBox2.Text;
objEmployee.Age = int.Parse(TextBox3.Text);
objEntities.SaveChanges();
Label5.Text = "Data Updated Successfully";
Label5.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Green;
TextBox1.Text = string.Empty;
TextBox2.Text = string.Empty;
TextBox3.Text = string.Empty;
TextBox4.Text = string.Empty;
}
}
#region Instance MembersCompanyEntities objEntities = new CompanyEntities();
#endregion
}
}
Step 6: The output of the application is as in the following:
![Output2.png]()
Step 7: The updated data output of the application is as in the following:
![Output3.png]()
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