Can somebody help me on how to save and update data into multiple entities using a ViewModel?
I have a ViewModel that looks like this:
public class StudentViewModel
{
public Student student;
public StudentAddress studentAddress { get; set; }
public StudentPhoto studentPhoto { get; set; }
// Three entities are related to one to one relationship
public DoctorDetailsViewModel()
{ }
}
My Controller is:
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Create(StudentViewModel studentViewModel)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
return View(studentViewModel);
}
Student s = new Student()
{
Name =studentViewModel.Student.Name,
Speciality = studentViewModel.Student.Speciality,
DateOfJoinig = studentViewModel.Student.DateOfJoinig,
Qualification = studentViewModel.Student.Qualification,
Email = studentViewModel.Student.Email
};
StudentAddress sa = new StudentAddress()
{
StudentId= studentViewModel.Student.StudentId,
Address = studentViewModel.StudentAddress.Address,
Area = studentViewModell.StudentAddress.Area,
City = studentViewModel.StudentAddress.City,
State = studentViewModel.StudentAddress.State,
Pincode = studentViewModel.StudentAddress.Pincode,
Phone = studentViewModel.StudentAddress.Phone,
Mobile = studentViewModel.StudentAddress.Mobile
};
StudentPhoto sp = new StudentPhoto()
{
StudentId= studentViewModel.Student.StudentId,
Photo = studentViewModel.StudentPhoto.Photo
};
db.Students.Add(s);
db.StudentAddress.Add(sa);
db.StudentPhoto.Add(sp);
db.SaveChanges();
return RedirectToAction("Home");
}
I was able to retrieve and display the data (from multiple entities) into the view. However, now I'm stuck on how can I save and update the above entities with the new data. Most of the examples are 1-1 relationship the mapping is automatic, but in this case the data belongs to multiple entities.
What is the best way to do this? Thanks.