Introduction
Today, in this article let's play around with one of the interesting and most useful concepts in Azure.
Question: What is insert data to cloud database using Azure?
In simple terms "It enables insertion of data into a cloud database and maintainance with the help of Azure".
Step 1: Create a cloud database named "Company"
![Create-a-cloud-database-in-WindowAzure.jpg]()
Step 2: With the help of manage URL navigate to a specific server page
Manage URL: etc6zpqnyc.database.windows.net
Step 3: The company database showing up in the database server page
![Create-a-Server-WebPage-in-WindowAzure.jpg]()
Step 4: Create an employee table. The design mode of the employee table looks like this:
![table-in-WindowAzure.jpg]()
Step 5: Insert some data into the table
![table-Before-insert-data-in-WindowAzure.jpg]()
Step 6: Open Visual Studio 2010 and create an "ASP.NET Web Forms Application", as in:
![Open-visual-studio-2010.jpg]()
Step 7: Add an EDMF item to the project
![Add-EDMF-item-to-visual-studio-2010.jpg]()
Step 8: Choose generate from database and click the "Next" button
![generate-from-database-in-visual-studio-2010.jpg]()
Step 9: Add new connection
![Add-new-connection-in-visual-studio-2010.jpg]()
Step 10: Give the necessary server details for the connection and click on ok
![server-details-for-connection-in-visual-studio-2010.jpg]()
Step 11: Connection is established and click the "Next" button
![connection-established-in-database.jpg]()
Step 12: Choose the required table and click the "Finish" button
![Choose-table-from-database.jpg]()
Step 13: An EDMF is created and the design of the data looks like this:
![EDMF-created-in-visual-studio-2010.jpg]()
Step 14: The complete code of Default.aspx looks like this:
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="InsertDataEFAzureApp._Default" %>
<!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="Insert Data to Cloud Database - Azure App"
Font-Bold="true" Font-Size="Large" Font-Names="Verdana" ForeColor="Maroon"></asp:Label>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<asp:Label ID="Label3" runat="server" Text="Please Enter First Name" Font-Size="Large"
Font-Names="Verdana" Font-Italic="true"></asp:Label>
</td>
<td>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox2" runat="server" Width="120px"></asp:TextBox>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<asp:Label ID="Label2" runat="server" Text="Please Enter Last Name" Font-Size="Large"
Font-Names="Verdana" Font-Italic="true"></asp:Label>
</td>
<td>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" Width="120px"></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" Width="120px"></asp:TextBox>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" align="center">
<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Insert Data to Cloud" 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 15: The complete code of default.aspx.cs looks like this:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
namespace InsertDataEFAzureApp
{
public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this.TextBox2.Focus();
}
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
{
CompanyEntities objCompany = new CompanyEntities();
objCompany.AddToEmployee(new Employee
{
FirstName = TextBox2.Text,
LastName = TextBox1.Text,
Age = int.Parse(TextBox3.Text)
}
);
objCompany.SaveChanges();
Label5.Text = "Data Inserted Successfully";
Label5.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Green;
TextBox1.Text = string.Empty;
TextBox2.Text = string.Empty;
TextBox3.Text = string.Empty;
}
}
}
}
Step 16: The output of the application looks like this:
![Insert-Data-To-CloudData-in-WindowAzure.jpg]()
Step 17: The output of the table data before inserting the application looks like this:
![table-Before-insert-data-in-WindowAzure.jpg]()
Step 18: Data entering output of the application looks like this:
![Data-Entering-output-windowAzure-App.jpg]()
Step 19: Inserted data showing on the cloud output of the application looks like this:
![table-After-inserted-data-in-WindowAzure.jpg]()