Delete Data - Reverse Engineering POCO Generator
 
Introduction
 
This article demonstrates an interesting and very useful concept in Entity Framework.
Question: What is the 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-item.png]()
 
![entity-framework-resource.png]()
 
Step 3: The complete code of WebForm1.aspx is as in the following:
 
<%@Page Language="C#"AutoEventWireup="true"CodeBehind="WebForm1.aspx.cs"Inherits="DeleteDataReverseEnggPOCOGenerator.WebForm1"%>
 
<!DOCTYPE htmlPUBLIC "-//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>
    <formid="form1"runat="server">
    <center>
        <div>
            <table>
                <tr>
                    <tdcolspan="2"align="center">
                        <asp:LabelID="Label1"runat="server"Text="Delete Data - Reverse Engg. POCO Generator"
                            Font-Bold="true"Font-Size="Large"Font-Names="Verdana"ForeColor="Maroon"></asp:Label>
                    </td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td>
                        <asp:LabelID="Label2"runat="server"Text="Please Enter Employee Id" ForeColor="Brown"
                            Font-Bold="true"Font-Size="Medium"Font-Names="Verdana"></asp:Label>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                        <asp:TextBoxID="TextBox1"runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
                    </td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <tdcolspan="2"align="center">
                        <asp:ButtonID="Button1"runat="server"Text="Delete Data"Font-Names="Verdana"Width="213px"
                            BackColor="Orange"Font-Bold="True"OnClick="Button1_Click"/>
                    </td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <tdcolspan="2"align="center">
                        <asp:LabelID="Label3"runat="server"Font-Bold="true"Font-Size="Medium"Font-Names="Verdana"></asp:Label>
                    </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 DeleteDataReverseEnggPOCOGenerator
{
    publicpartial classWebForm1 : System.Web.UI.Page
    {
        protectedvoid Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
        }
        protectedvoid Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(TextBox1.Text))
            {
                Label3.Text ="Please Enter Some Values";
                Label3.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red;
            }
            else
            {
                int id = int.Parse(TextBox1.Text);
                var query = (from r in objEntities.TblEmployee where r.EmpId == idselect r).Single();
                objEntities.TblEmployee.Remove(query);
                objEntities.SaveChanges();
                Label3.Text ="Data Deleted Successfully";
                Label3.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Green;
                TextBox1.Text =string.Empty;
            }
        }
        #region Instance MembersMyDbContext objEntities = new MyDbContext();
        #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 -->
    <sectionname="entityFramework"type="System.Data.Entity.Internal.ConfigFile.EntityFrameworkSection, EntityFramework, Version=4.4.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"requirePermission="false" />
  </configSections>
  <connectionStrings>
    <addname="ApplicationServices"connectionString="data source=.\SQLEXPRESS;Integrated Security=SSPI;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|\aspnetdb.mdf;User Instance=true" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
    <addname="MyDbContext"connectionString="Data Source=WIN-KV3BO1RQQF7;Initial Catalog=Company;Integrated Security=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=True" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
  </connectionStrings>
  <system.web>
    <compilationdebug="true"targetFramework="4.0" />
    <authenticationmode="Forms">
      <formsloginUrl="~/Account/Login.aspx"timeout="2880" />
    </authentication>
    <membership>
      <providers>
        <clear />
        <addname="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 />
        <addname="AspNetSqlProfileProvider"type="System.Web.Profile.SqlProfileProvider"connectionStringName="ApplicationServices"applicationName="/" />
      </providers>
    </profile>
    <roleManagerenabled="false">
      <providers>
        <clear />
        <addname="AspNetSqlRoleProvider"type="System.Web.Security.SqlRoleProvider"connectionStringName="ApplicationServices"applicationName="/" />
        <addname="AspNetWindowsTokenRoleProvider"type="System.Web.Security.WindowsTokenRoleProvider"applicationName="/" />
      </providers>
    </roleManager>
  </system.web>
  <system.webServer>
    <modulesrunAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true" />
  </system.webServer>
  <entityFramework>
    <defaultConnectionFactorytype="System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.SqlConnectionFactory, EntityFramework" />
  </entityFramework>
</configuration>
 
Step 6: The output of the application is as in the following:
 
![delete-data-in-reverse-engg.png]()
 
Step 7: The deleted data output of the application is as in the following:
 
![delete-successfully.png]()
 
Update 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-item1.png]()
 
![entityframwork1.png]()
 
Step 3: The complete code of WebForm1.aspx is as in the following:
 
<%@Page Language="C#"AutoEventWireup="true"CodeBehind="WebForm1.aspx.cs"Inherits="UpdateDataReverseEnggPOCOTemplate.WebForm1"%>
 
<!DOCTYPE htmlPUBLIC "-//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>
    <formid="form1"runat="server">
    <center>
        <div>
            <table>
                <tr>
                    <tdcolspan="2">
                        <asp:LabelID="Label1"runat="server"Text="Update Data - Reverse Engg. POCO Generator"
                            Font-Bold="true"Font-Size="Large"Font-Names="Verdana"ForeColor="Maroon"></asp:Label>
                    </td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td>
                        <asp:LabelID="Label6"runat="server"Text="Please Enter Id" Font-Size="Large"Font-Names="Verdana"
                            Font-Italic="true"></asp:Label>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                        <asp:TextBoxID="TextBox4"runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
                    </td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td>
                        <asp:LabelID="Label2"runat="server"Text="Please Enter First Name" Font-Size="Large"
                            Font-Names="Verdana"Font-Italic="true"></asp:Label>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                        <asp:TextBoxID="TextBox1"runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
                    </td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td>
                        <asp:LabelID="Label3"runat="server"Text="Please Enter Last Name" Font-Size="Large"
                            Font-Names="Verdana"Font-Italic="true"></asp:Label>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                        <asp:TextBoxID="TextBox2"runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
                    </td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td>
                        <asp:LabelID="Label4"runat="server"Text="Please Enter Age" Font-Size="Large"Font-Names="Verdana"
                            Font-Italic="true"></asp:Label>
                    </td>
                    <td>
                        <asp:TextBoxID="TextBox3"runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
                    </td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <tdcolspan="2"align="center">
                        <asp:ButtonID="Button1"runat="server"Text="Update"Font-Names="Verdana"Width="213px"
                            BackColor="Orange"Font-Bold="True"OnClick="Button1_Click"/>
                    </td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <tdcolspan="2"align="center">
                        <asp:LabelID="Label5"runat="server"Font-Bold="true"Font-Names="Verdana"ForeColor="Maroon"></asp:Label>
                    </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 UpdateDataReverseEnggPOCOTemplate
{
    publicpartial classWebForm1 : System.Web.UI.Page{protectedvoid Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    { 
    }
        protectedvoid 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 MembersMyDbContext objEntities = new MyDbContext();
        #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 -->
    <sectionname="entityFramework"type="System.Data.Entity.Internal.ConfigFile.EntityFrameworkSection, EntityFramework, Version=4.4.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"requirePermission="false" />
  </configSections>
  <connectionStrings>
    <addname="ApplicationServices"connectionString="data source=.\SQLEXPRESS;Integrated Security=SSPI;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|\aspnetdb.mdf;User Instance=true" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
    <addname="MyDbContext"connectionString="Data Source=WIN-KV3BO1RQQF7;Initial Catalog=Company;Integrated Security=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=True" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
  </connectionStrings>
  <system.web>
    <compilationdebug="true"targetFramework="4.0" />
    <authenticationmode="Forms">
      <formsloginUrl="~/Account/Login.aspx"timeout="2880" />
    </authentication>
    <membership>
      <providers>
        <clear />
        <addname="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 />
        <addname="AspNetSqlProfileProvider"type="System.Web.Profile.SqlProfileProvider"connectionStringName="ApplicationServices"applicationName="/" />
      </providers>
    </profile>
    <roleManagerenabled="false">
      <providers>
        <clear />
        <addname="AspNetSqlRoleProvider"type="System.Web.Security.SqlRoleProvider"connectionStringName="ApplicationServices"applicationName="/" />
        <addname="AspNetWindowsTokenRoleProvider"type="System.Web.Security.WindowsTokenRoleProvider"applicationName="/" />
      </providers>
    </roleManager>
  </system.web>
  <system.webServer>
    <modulesrunAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true" />
  </system.webServer>
  <entityFramework>
    <defaultConnectionFactorytype="System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.SqlConnectionFactory, EntityFramework" />
  </entityFramework>
</configuration>
Step 6: The output of the application is as in the following:
 
![Insert-information.png]()
 
Step 7: The updated data output of the application is as in the following:
 
![update-data-successfully.png]()
 
I hope this article was useful for you. I look forward to your comments and feedback. Thanks Vijay.