Save to database

[Michael]

In the telerik example on the following link:
http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-mvc/grid/editingajax

I was able to get it to work, but I am confused on how I am suppose save the changes to the database.  So, the original ActionResult _SaveAjaxEditing:

 public ActionResult _SaveAjaxEditing(int id)
        {
            EditableProduct product = SessionProductRepository.One(p => p.ProductID == id);
           
            TryUpdateModel(product);
            SessionProductRepository.Update(product);
            return View(new GridModel(SessionProductRepository.All()));
        }

I changed it to below, and it works, but I feel there is probably a better way.  The RefundEntities represents the entity framework model I have.  So, it looks like I needed to update the session and then update the database.  Would this be correct?  Any better way?

public ActionResult _SaveAjaxEditing(int id)       
        {
            using (RefundEntities db = new RefundEntities())
            {
                EditableClient client = SessionClientRepository.One(c => c.ClientID == id);
                var updateClient = db.tblClient.First(c => c.ClientID == id);
                TryUpdateModel(client);
                TryUpdateModel(updateClient);
                if (ModelState.IsValid)
                {
                    db.SaveChanges();
                }
                SessionClientRepository.Update(client);
            }
           
            return View(new GridModel(SessionClientRepository.All()));       
        }    

[Rosen]

Michael,

In the sample you are referring to, the SessionProductRepository is the repository which is used as entities' storage (which for simplicity is using session for persistence). Therefore, in your production code, this repository should be replaced with code which to manipulate the data from your actual backend. Having this in mind, in the second snippet you have pasted, the use of the Session repository is not required

Regards,
Rosen
the Telerik team

[Michael]

Rosen, thanks for the quick response and great explanation!

Michael