This article demonstrates an interesting and very useful concept in LINQ-to-SQL classes.
IntroductionThis article demonstrates an interesting and very useful concept in LINQ-to-SQL classes.Question: What is select data with UDF via LINQ-to-SQL?In simple terms "It enables selection of data with a User Defined Function (UDF) using LINQ-to-SQL communication".Step 1: Create a new UDFUSE [Company]GO/****** Object: UserDefinedFunction [dbo].[GetEmployeeData] Script Date: 02/19/2013 21:59:53 ******/SET ANSI_NULLS ONGOSET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ONGOCREATE Function [dbo].[GetEmployeeData](@EmpId INT)RETURNS TABLERETURNSelect [EmpId],[FirstName],[LastName],[Age]From [dbo].[tblEmployee]Where EmpId = @EmpIdStep 2: Create a new web applicationStep 3: Adding LINQ-to-SQL classesStep 4: Add a table and UDF onto the designerStep 5: The complete code of WebForm1.aspx is as in the following:<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="WebForm1.aspx.cs" Inherits="SelectDataUDF_LINQtoSQL.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" align="center"> <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text="Select Data with UDF via LINQ-to-SQL" Font-Bold="true" Font-Size="Large" Font-Names="Verdana"ForeColor="Maroon"></asp:Label></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <asp:Label ID="Label2" runat="server" Text="Please Enter Id" Font-Bold="true" Font-Names="Verdana"></asp:Label></td> <td> <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server"></asp:TextBox></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Select Data" Font-Names="Verdana" Width="213px" BackColor="Orange" Font-Bold="True" OnClick="Button1_Click" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" CssClass="grid" BackColor="LightGoldenrodYellow" BorderColor="Tan" BorderWidth="1px" CellPadding="2"ForeColor="Black" GridLines="None"> <AlternatingRowStyle BackColor="PaleGoldenrod" /> <FooterStyle BackColor="Tan" /> <HeaderStyle BackColor="Tan" Font-Bold="True" /> <PagerStyle BackColor="PaleGoldenrod" ForeColor="DarkSlateBlue" HorizontalAlign="Center" /> <SelectedRowStyle BackColor="DarkSlateBlue" ForeColor="GhostWhite" /> <SortedAscendingCellStyle BackColor="#FAFAE7" /> <SortedAscendingHeaderStyle BackColor="#DAC09E" /> <SortedDescendingCellStyle BackColor="#E1DB9C" /> <SortedDescendingHeaderStyle BackColor="#C2A47B" /> <EmptyDataTemplate>No Records Found!</EmptyDataTemplate> </asp:GridView> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <asp:Label ID="Label3" runat="server" Font-Bold="true" Font-Names="Verdana"></asp:Label></td> </tr> </table> </div> </center> </form></body></html>Step 6: 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 SelectDataUDF_LINQtoSQL{ 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)) { Label3.Text = "Please Enter Some Values"; Label3.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red; } else { var query = objContext.GetEmployeeData(int.Parse(TextBox1.Text)); GridView1.DataSource = query; GridView1.DataBind(); Label3.Text = "Data Retrieved Successfully"; Label3.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Green; TextBox1.Text = string.Empty; } } #region Instance MembersDataClasses1DataContext objContext = new DataClasses1DataContext(); #endregion }}Step 7: The output of the application is as in the following:Step 8: The selected data output of the application is as in the following:I hope this article was useful for you.
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