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C# Entity Framework Basics CRUD Operations Updating an Entity

Any tips for this challenge - Updating Entities - appreciated.

I tried to follow the model but obviously I'm getting much of it wrong. Any tips appreciated.

Repository.cs
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data.Entity;
using System.Linq;

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    public static class Repository
    {
        public static List<Course> GetCourses()
        {
            using (var context = new Context())
            {
                return context.Courses
                              .OrderBy(c => c.Teacher.LastName)
                              .ThenBy(c => c.Teacher.FirstName)
                              .ToList();
            }
        }

        public static List<Course> GetCoursesByTeacher(string lastName)
        {
            using (var context = new Context())
            {
                return context.Courses
                              .Where(c => c.Teacher.LastName == lastName)
                              .ToList();
            }
        }

        public static Course GetCourse(int id)
        {
            using (var context = new Context())
            {
                return context.Courses
                              .Include(c => c.Teacher)
                              .SingleOrDefault(c => c.Id == id);
            }
        }

        public static void AddCourse(Course course)
        {
            using (var context = new Context())
            {
                context.Courses.Add(course);
                context.SaveChanges();
            }
        }

        public static void UpdateCourse(Course course)
        {
            using (Context context = GetContext())
            {

                RepositoryToUpdate.SeriesId = repository.SeriesId;
                Repository.Entry(repositoryToUpdate).CurrentValues(repository);
                context.Repository.Attach(repository);
                context.Entry(repository).State = EntityState.Modified;
            }
        }
    }
}

4 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points

I noticed that you mentioned "not knowing this language" ... but while this course may have "Basics" in the title, this is definitely an intermediate-level course. This would not be a good first course for learning C#! If that's your situation, you might set this course aside and do the Beginning C# track first.

Otherwise, if you're still stuck after giving it another try, post your current code for additional assistance.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points

When you say "follow the model" I'm guessing the "model" is something outside of the challenge? I see references to things like "RepositoryToUpdate", but there's nothing defined by that name in this code. External examples may be helpful as structural models, but it's most unlikely that anything cut from one can be pasted into a challenge and work without adapting to the names used in the challenge.

On the other hand, you could use some of the other code in the challenge as a model. For example, the first instruction of the challenge is "Instantiate an instance of the Context class within a using statement". You can see examples of this being done in a consistent way in the other methods of the provided code.

Well that’s my problem. I don’t know what’s applicable and what’s not. I feel like these challenges were done after the videos, instead of writing the challenge first and then designing the video to teach the skills required to complete the challenge. I see a lot of irrelevant skills taught - irrelevant to the challenge - although I’m sure they are relevant to other application - bu those skills/ methods are red herrings for me because not knowing this language, I believe they were introduced for A purpose , because usually educators design a lesson plan so that information introduced is relevant to assessment.

I greatly appreciate your help though. !!!