Bodoconsult.Database

Name: Bodoconsult.Database
Author: Robert Leisner

This is the predecessor project of Bodoconsult.Core.Database

What does the library

Bodoconsult.Database library simplifies the access to SQL based databases. This library is as base class which does not contain implementations. It handles the most common database actions like getting datatables, running SQL statement or fetch scalar values from the database.

Additionally the library contains some tools for developers making the usage of the database layers derived from Bodoconsult.Database as easy as possible. See below.

See the following implementations:

Bodoconsult.Database.SqlClient for Microsoft SqlServer, Microsoft SqlServer Express or LocalDb based databases (Nuget: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Bodoconsult.Database.SqlClient/)

Bodoconsult.Database.Postgres for PostgreSQL based databases (Nuget: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Bodoconsult.Database.Postgres/)

Bodoconsult.Database.Sqlite for SqLite based databases (Nuget: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Bodoconsult.Database.Sqlite/)

How to use the library

This sample is taken from the implementation Bodoconsult.Database.SqlClient.

The source code contain a NUnit test classes, the following source code is extracted from. The samples below show the most helpful use cases for the library.

How to use the database layer


    [TestFixture]
    public class TestsSqlClientConnManager
    {

        private readonly string _connectionString = TestHelper.SqlServerString;


        private IConnManager _db;

        [SetUp]
        public void Setup()
        {
            _db = SqlClientConnManager.GetConnManager(_connectionString);

        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Test the connection
        /// </summary>
        [Test]
        public void TestTestConnection()
        {

            var erg = _db.TestConnection();


            Assert.IsTrue(erg);
        }


        /// <summary>
        /// Get a datatable from the database from a plain SQL string (avoid this option due to SQL injection)
        /// </summary>
        [Test]
        public void TestGetDataTableFromSql()
        {

            const string sql = "SELECT * FROM dbo.Customer";

            var erg = _db.GetDataTable(sql);

            Assert.IsTrue(erg.Rows.Count>0);
        }



        /// <summary>
        /// Get a datatable from the database from a (parameterized) SqlCommand object (choose this option to avoid SQL injection)
        /// </summary>
        [Test]
        public void TestGetDataTableFromCommand()
        {

            const string sql = "SELECT * FROM dbo.Customer";


            var cmd = new SqlCommand
            {
                CommandText = sql
            };

            // Add parameters here if required

            var erg = _db.GetDataTable(cmd);


            Assert.IsTrue(erg.Rows.Count > 0);
        }


        /// <summary>
        /// Get a datatable from the database from a (parameterized) SqlCommand object (choose this option to avoid SQL injection)
        /// </summary>
        [Test]
        public void TestGetDataTableFromCommandWidthGetCommand()
        {
            const string sql = "SELECT * FROM dbo.Customer";

            var cmd = _db.GetCommand();
            cmd.CommandText = sql;

            // Add parameters here if required
            var erg = _db.GetDataTable(cmd);


            Assert.IsTrue(erg.Rows.Count > 0);
        }


        /// <summary>
        /// Get a datatable from the database from a (parameterized) SqlCommand object (choose this option to avoid SQL injection)
        /// </summary>
        [Test]
        public void TestGetDataTableFromCommandWidthGetCommandWithParameter()
        {
            const string sql = "SELECT * FROM dbo.Customer WHERE CustomerId=@ID";

            var cmd = _db.GetCommand();
            cmd.CommandText = sql;

            var p = _db.GetParameter(cmd, "@ID", GeneralDbType.Int);
            p.Value = 1;

            // Add parameters here if required
            var erg = _db.GetDataTable(cmd);


            Assert.IsTrue(erg.Rows.Count > 0);
            Assert.IsTrue(erg.Rows.Count == 1);
        }


        /// <summary>
        /// Get a datatable from the database from a plain SQL string (avoid this option due to SQL injection)
        /// </summary>
        [Test]
        public void TestGetDataReaderFromSql()
        {

            const string sql = "SELECT * FROM dbo.Customer";

            var erg = _db.GetDataReader(sql);

            Assert.IsTrue(erg.FieldCount > 0);
        }



        /// <summary>
        /// Get a datatable from the database from a (parameterized) SqlCommand object (choose this option to avoid SQL injection)
        /// </summary>
        [Test]
        public void TestGetDataReaderFromCommand()
        {

            const string sql = "SELECT * FROM dbo.Customer";


            var cmd = new SqlCommand
            {
                CommandText = sql
            };

            // Add parameters here if required

            var erg = _db.GetDataReader(cmd);

            Assert.IsTrue(erg.FieldCount > 0);
        }


        /// <summary>
        /// Get a datatable from the database from a (parameterized) SqlCommand object (choose this option to avoid SQL injection)
        /// </summary>
        [Test]
        public void TestGetDataReaderFromCommandWidthGetCommand()
        {
            const string sql = "SELECT * FROM dbo.Customer";

            var cmd = _db.GetCommand();
            cmd.CommandText = sql;

            // Add parameters here if required
            var erg = _db.GetDataReader(cmd);

            Assert.IsTrue(erg.FieldCount>0);

        }


        /// <summary>
        /// Get a datatable from the database from a (parameterized) SqlCommand object (choose this option to avoid SQL injection)
        /// </summary>
        [Test]
        public void TestGetDataReaderFromCommandWidthGetCommandAndParameter()
        {
            const string sql = "SELECT * FROM dbo.Customer WHERE [CustomerId]=@ID;";

            var cmd = _db.GetCommand();
            cmd.CommandText = sql;

            var p = _db.GetParameter(cmd, "@ID", GeneralDbType.Int);
            p.Value = 1;

            // Add parameters here if required
            var erg = _db.GetDataReader(cmd);

            Assert.IsTrue(erg.FieldCount > 0);
            Assert.IsTrue(erg.HasRows);

        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Execute a plain SQL string (avoid this option due to SQL injection)
        /// </summary>
        [Test]
        public void TestExecFromSql()
        {

            const string sql = "DELETE FROM dbo.Customer WHERE CustomerId=-99";

            Assert.DoesNotThrow(() => _db.Exec(sql));
        }


        /// <summary>
        /// Execute a SqlCommand object (choose this option to avoid SQL injection)
        /// </summary>
        [Test]
        public void TestExecFromCommand()
        {

            const string sql = "DELETE FROM dbo.Customer WHERE CustomerId=@Key";

            // Create command
            var cmd = new SqlCommand
            {
                CommandText = sql
            };

            // Add a parameter to the command
            var para = cmd.Parameters.Add("@Key", SqlDbType.Int);
            para.Value = -99;

            Assert.DoesNotThrow(() => _db.Exec(cmd));
        }


        /// <summary>
        /// Get a scalar value from database from a plain SQL string (avoid this option due to SQL injection)
        /// </summary>
        [Test]
        public void TestExecWithResultFromSql()
        {

            const string sql = "SELECT CustomerId FROM dbo.Customer WHERE CustomerId=1";

            var result = _db.ExecWithResult(sql);

            Assert.IsNotNull(result);
            Assert.IsFalse(string.IsNullOrEmpty(result));
        }


        /// <summary>
        /// Get a scalar value from database from SqlCommand object (choose this option to avoid SQL injection)
        /// </summary>
        [Test]
        public void TestExecWithResultFromCommand()
        {

            const string sql = "SELECT CustomerId FROM dbo.Customer WHERE CustomerId=@Key";

            // Create command
            var cmd = new SqlCommand
            {
                CommandText = sql
            };

            // Add a parameter to the command
            var para = cmd.Parameters.Add("@Key", SqlDbType.Int);
            para.Value = 1;

            var result = _db.ExecWithResult(cmd);

            Assert.IsNotNull(result);
            Assert.IsFalse(string.IsNullOrEmpty(result));
        }


        [Test]
        public void TestExecMultiple()
        {
            const string sql = "DELETE FROM Customer WHERE CustomerId=-99";

            var commands = new List<DbCommand>();

            var cmd = new SqlCommand(sql);
            commands.Add(cmd);

            cmd = new SqlCommand(sql);
            commands.Add(cmd);

            cmd = new SqlCommand(sql);
            commands.Add(cmd);

            var result = _db.ExecMultiple(commands);

            Assert.IsTrue(result == 0);
        }
    }

EntityBackup for easy handling of table data backup and removal

EntityBackup is a simple backup solution to keep fast growing tables with a date column as small as possible by backing up the data to CSV files and removing the data from the table.

An example for such a table may be a table with trace log data written in. The table is growing fast. Maybe you think about keeping the trace data in this table only for one year but you may not loose the older data completely. For such a case you can backup older data as CSV to disk and remove the backuped data from the table. This is what EntityBackup is intended for.

There are some more implementations for IEntityBackupService:

CsvEntityBackupService: export the data to a CSV file
XmlEntityBackupService: export the data to a XML file
JsonEntityBackupService: export the data to a JSON file

How to use CsvEntityBackupService based on interface IEntityBackupService

CsvEntityBackupService class provides a full implementation for the getting the required data, backup it and remove it from database.

The main dependency for CsvEntityBackupService is the interface IEntityBackupDataService. Implementations of this interface care for getting the necessary data, formatting a single entity and the removal of the processed entities from database.



        [Test]
        public void Backup_ValidSetup_FileCreated()
        {
            // Arrange 
            var from = new DateTime(2023, 7, 19);
            var to = new DateTime(2023, 7, 22);


            var dataService = new DemoEntityEntityBackupDataService();
            GetDataForService(dataService.DemoEntities, from, to);

            var backupService = new CsvEntityBackupService<DemoEntity>(dataService, TestHelper.TestFolder, "TestBackup");

            // Act  
            backupService.BackupToCsv(from, to);

            // Assert
            Assert.That(backupService.FilesWritten, Is.EqualTo(2));
        }

        private static void GetDataForService(ICollection<DemoEntity> result, DateTime from, DateTime to)
        {
            var entity = new DemoEntity
            {
                Id = 1,
                Name = "Test1",
                Date = from
            };

            result.Add(entity);

            entity = new DemoEntity
            {
                Id = 2,
                Name = "Test2",
                Date = from.AddDays(1)
            };

            result.Add(entity);

            entity = new DemoEntity
            {
                Id = 3,
                Name = "Test3",
                Date = to.AddDays(1)
            };

            result.Add(entity);

            entity = new DemoEntity
            {
                Id = 4,
                Name = "Test4",
                Date = from
            };

            result.Add(entity);
        }

Interface IEntityBackupDataService

This interface has to be implemented by the user of EntityBackup to deliver the required data, the formatting of a single entity and the removal of the processed entities from database.

Sample implementation of interface IEntityBackupDataService


/// <summary>
/// Example for a implementation of <see cref="IEntityBackupDataService&lt;T&gt;"/>  based on <see cref="DemoEntity"/>
/// </summary>
public class DemoEntityEntityBackupDataService : BaseEntityBackupDataService<DemoEntity>
{

    /// <summary>
    /// Demo entities for testing
    /// </summary>
    public List<DemoEntity> DemoEntities { get; } = new();

    /// <summary>
    /// Get the data for an entity by date
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="from">Date from inclusive</param>
    /// <param name="to">Date until exclusive</param>
    /// <param name="pageSize">Page size</param>
    /// <param name="pageIndex">Current page index</param>
    /// <returns>List with entities</returns>
    public override IList<DemoEntity> GetData(DateTime from, DateTime to, int pageSize, int pageIndex)
    {
        return DemoEntities.Where(x => x.Date >= from && x.Date < to).ToList();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Format the entity as a line with semicolon separated fields
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="entity">Entity to serialize</param>
    /// <param name="stringBuilder">StringBuilder to append the data</param>
    public override void FormatAsString(DemoEntity entity, StringBuilder stringBuilder)
    {
        stringBuilder.AppendLine($"{entity.Id};{entity.Name};{entity.Date}");
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Remove the entities backuped already
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="entities">Entities to remove</param>
    public override void RemoveData(IList<DemoEntity> entities)
    {

        foreach (var entity in entities)
        {
            DemoEntities.Remove(entity);
        }

    }

}

Developer tools for making best usage of Bodoconsult.Database based data layers

There is as basic metadata infrastructure implemented to help developers to make best usage of Bodoconsult.Database. This metadata infrastructure derived from IMetaDataService / BaseMetaDataService creates C# code files based on a certain SQL statement OR DBCommand object.

It first creates an adjusted entity class for the SQL statement OR DBCommand object.
Then it creates a mapping method to map a DataReader row object to the entity class.
At last it creates an service class for adding new rows, updating rows and getting rows from the database table related to SQL statement OR DBCommand object. This feature works only well for statements absed on a single table. If there are more tables targeted in the statement, only the GetAll and GetById may make sense in the service class. The other methods ma be removed in that case.

Here a sample how to use the IMetaDataService infrastructure:


			const string conn = "Valid ADO.NET provider connection string";

            const string sql = "SELECT * FROM [Customer];";

            const string entityName = "Customer";

            const string primaryKeyField = "CustomerId";

            const string targetPath = @"D:\temp";

			// Instanciate the metadata service
			var service = SqlClientMetaDataService();

			// Get the metadata for the SQL statement
            service.GetMetaData(conn, entityName, sql, primaryKeyField);

            // Export the code files
            var result = service.ExportAll(targetPath);

As a result you will find four files with code in the folder D:\temp:

D:\temp\Customer_EntityClass_Code.txt
D:\temp\Customer_DataHelperMethod_Code.txt
D:\temp\Customer_ServiceClass_Code.txt
D:\temp\Customer_TestDataHelperMethod_Code.txt

About us

Bodoconsult (http://www.bodoconsult.de) is a Munich based software development company from Germany.

Robert Leisner is senior software developer at Bodoconsult. See his profile on http://www.bodoconsult.de/Curriculum_vitae_Robert_Leisner.pdf.

Bodoconsult.Database

This is the predecessor project of Bodoconsult.Core.Database

What does the library

Additionally the library contains some tools for developers making the usage of the database layers derived from Bodoconsult.Database as easy as possible. See below.

See the following implementations:

Bodoconsult.Database.SqlClient for Microsoft SqlServer, Microsoft SqlServer Express or LocalDb based databases (Nuget: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Bodoconsult.Database.SqlClient/)

Bodoconsult.Database.Postgres for PostgreSQL based databases (Nuget: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Bodoconsult.Database.Postgres/)

Bodoconsult.Database.Sqlite for SqLite based databases (Nuget: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Bodoconsult.Database.Sqlite/)

How to use the library

This sample is taken from the implementation Bodoconsult.Database.SqlClient.

The source code contain a NUnit test classes, the following source code is extracted from. The samples below show the most helpful use cases for the library.

How to use the database layer


    [TestFixture]
    public class TestsSqlClientConnManager
    {

        private readonly string _connectionString = TestHelper.SqlServerString;


        private IConnManager _db;

        [SetUp]
        public void Setup()
        {
            _db = SqlClientConnManager.GetConnManager(_connectionString);

        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Test the connection
        /// </summary>
        [Test]
        public void TestTestConnection()
        {

            var erg = _db.TestConnection();


            Assert.IsTrue(erg);
        }


        /// <summary>
        /// Get a datatable from the database from a plain SQL string (avoid this option due to SQL injection)
        /// </summary>
        [Test]
        public void TestGetDataTableFromSql()
        {

            const string sql = "SELECT * FROM dbo.Customer";

            var erg = _db.GetDataTable(sql);

            Assert.IsTrue(erg.Rows.Count>0);
        }



        /// <summary>
        /// Get a datatable from the database from a (parameterized) SqlCommand object (choose this option to avoid SQL injection)
        /// </summary>
        [Test]
        public void TestGetDataTableFromCommand()
        {

            const string sql = "SELECT * FROM dbo.Customer";


            var cmd = new SqlCommand
            {
                CommandText = sql
            };

            // Add parameters here if required

            var erg = _db.GetDataTable(cmd);


            Assert.IsTrue(erg.Rows.Count > 0);
        }


        /// <summary>
        /// Get a datatable from the database from a (parameterized) SqlCommand object (choose this option to avoid SQL injection)
        /// </summary>
        [Test]
        public void TestGetDataTableFromCommandWidthGetCommand()
        {
            const string sql = "SELECT * FROM dbo.Customer";

            var cmd = _db.GetCommand();
            cmd.CommandText = sql;

            // Add parameters here if required
            var erg = _db.GetDataTable(cmd);


            Assert.IsTrue(erg.Rows.Count > 0);
        }


        /// <summary>
        /// Get a datatable from the database from a (parameterized) SqlCommand object (choose this option to avoid SQL injection)
        /// </summary>
        [Test]
        public void TestGetDataTableFromCommandWidthGetCommandWithParameter()
        {
            const string sql = "SELECT * FROM dbo.Customer WHERE CustomerId=@ID";

            var cmd = _db.GetCommand();
            cmd.CommandText = sql;

            var p = _db.GetParameter(cmd, "@ID", GeneralDbType.Int);
            p.Value = 1;

            // Add parameters here if required
            var erg = _db.GetDataTable(cmd);


            Assert.IsTrue(erg.Rows.Count > 0);
            Assert.IsTrue(erg.Rows.Count == 1);
        }


        /// <summary>
        /// Get a datatable from the database from a plain SQL string (avoid this option due to SQL injection)
        /// </summary>
        [Test]
        public void TestGetDataReaderFromSql()
        {

            const string sql = "SELECT * FROM dbo.Customer";

            var erg = _db.GetDataReader(sql);

            Assert.IsTrue(erg.FieldCount > 0);
        }



        /// <summary>
        /// Get a datatable from the database from a (parameterized) SqlCommand object (choose this option to avoid SQL injection)
        /// </summary>
        [Test]
        public void TestGetDataReaderFromCommand()
        {

            const string sql = "SELECT * FROM dbo.Customer";


            var cmd = new SqlCommand
            {
                CommandText = sql
            };

            // Add parameters here if required

            var erg = _db.GetDataReader(cmd);

            Assert.IsTrue(erg.FieldCount > 0);
        }


        /// <summary>
        /// Get a datatable from the database from a (parameterized) SqlCommand object (choose this option to avoid SQL injection)
        /// </summary>
        [Test]
        public void TestGetDataReaderFromCommandWidthGetCommand()
        {
            const string sql = "SELECT * FROM dbo.Customer";

            var cmd = _db.GetCommand();
            cmd.CommandText = sql;

            // Add parameters here if required
            var erg = _db.GetDataReader(cmd);

            Assert.IsTrue(erg.FieldCount>0);

        }


        /// <summary>
        /// Get a datatable from the database from a (parameterized) SqlCommand object (choose this option to avoid SQL injection)
        /// </summary>
        [Test]
        public void TestGetDataReaderFromCommandWidthGetCommandAndParameter()
        {
            const string sql = "SELECT * FROM dbo.Customer WHERE [CustomerId]=@ID;";

            var cmd = _db.GetCommand();
            cmd.CommandText = sql;

            var p = _db.GetParameter(cmd, "@ID", GeneralDbType.Int);
            p.Value = 1;

            // Add parameters here if required
            var erg = _db.GetDataReader(cmd);

            Assert.IsTrue(erg.FieldCount > 0);
            Assert.IsTrue(erg.HasRows);

        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Execute a plain SQL string (avoid this option due to SQL injection)
        /// </summary>
        [Test]
        public void TestExecFromSql()
        {

            const string sql = "DELETE FROM dbo.Customer WHERE CustomerId=-99";

            Assert.DoesNotThrow(() => _db.Exec(sql));
        }


        /// <summary>
        /// Execute a SqlCommand object (choose this option to avoid SQL injection)
        /// </summary>
        [Test]
        public void TestExecFromCommand()
        {

            const string sql = "DELETE FROM dbo.Customer WHERE CustomerId=@Key";

            // Create command
            var cmd = new SqlCommand
            {
                CommandText = sql
            };

            // Add a parameter to the command
            var para = cmd.Parameters.Add("@Key", SqlDbType.Int);
            para.Value = -99;

            Assert.DoesNotThrow(() => _db.Exec(cmd));
        }


        /// <summary>
        /// Get a scalar value from database from a plain SQL string (avoid this option due to SQL injection)
        /// </summary>
        [Test]
        public void TestExecWithResultFromSql()
        {

            const string sql = "SELECT CustomerId FROM dbo.Customer WHERE CustomerId=1";

            var result = _db.ExecWithResult(sql);

            Assert.IsNotNull(result);
            Assert.IsFalse(string.IsNullOrEmpty(result));
        }


        /// <summary>
        /// Get a scalar value from database from SqlCommand object (choose this option to avoid SQL injection)
        /// </summary>
        [Test]
        public void TestExecWithResultFromCommand()
        {

            const string sql = "SELECT CustomerId FROM dbo.Customer WHERE CustomerId=@Key";

            // Create command
            var cmd = new SqlCommand
            {
                CommandText = sql
            };

            // Add a parameter to the command
            var para = cmd.Parameters.Add("@Key", SqlDbType.Int);
            para.Value = 1;

            var result = _db.ExecWithResult(cmd);

            Assert.IsNotNull(result);
            Assert.IsFalse(string.IsNullOrEmpty(result));
        }


        [Test]
        public void TestExecMultiple()
        {
            const string sql = "DELETE FROM Customer WHERE CustomerId=-99";

            var commands = new List<DbCommand>();

            var cmd = new SqlCommand(sql);
            commands.Add(cmd);

            cmd = new SqlCommand(sql);
            commands.Add(cmd);

            cmd = new SqlCommand(sql);
            commands.Add(cmd);

            var result = _db.ExecMultiple(commands);

            Assert.IsTrue(result == 0);
        }
    }

EntityBackup for easy handling of table data backup and removal

EntityBackup is a simple backup solution to keep fast growing tables with a date column as small as possible by backing up the data to CSV files and removing the data from the table.

There are some more implementations for IEntityBackupService:

CsvEntityBackupService: export the data to a CSV file
XmlEntityBackupService: export the data to a XML file
JsonEntityBackupService: export the data to a JSON file

How to use CsvEntityBackupService based on interface IEntityBackupService

CsvEntityBackupService class provides a full implementation for the getting the required data, backup it and remove it from database.



        [Test]
        public void Backup_ValidSetup_FileCreated()
        {
            // Arrange 
            var from = new DateTime(2023, 7, 19);
            var to = new DateTime(2023, 7, 22);


            var dataService = new DemoEntityEntityBackupDataService();
            GetDataForService(dataService.DemoEntities, from, to);

            var backupService = new CsvEntityBackupService<DemoEntity>(dataService, TestHelper.TestFolder, "TestBackup");

            // Act  
            backupService.BackupToCsv(from, to);

            // Assert
            Assert.That(backupService.FilesWritten, Is.EqualTo(2));
        }

        private static void GetDataForService(ICollection<DemoEntity> result, DateTime from, DateTime to)
        {
            var entity = new DemoEntity
            {
                Id = 1,
                Name = "Test1",
                Date = from
            };

            result.Add(entity);

            entity = new DemoEntity
            {
                Id = 2,
                Name = "Test2",
                Date = from.AddDays(1)
            };

            result.Add(entity);

            entity = new DemoEntity
            {
                Id = 3,
                Name = "Test3",
                Date = to.AddDays(1)
            };

            result.Add(entity);

            entity = new DemoEntity
            {
                Id = 4,
                Name = "Test4",
                Date = from
            };

            result.Add(entity);
        }

Interface IEntityBackupDataService

This interface has to be implemented by the user of EntityBackup to deliver the required data, the formatting of a single entity and the removal of the processed entities from database.

Sample implementation of interface IEntityBackupDataService


/// <summary>
/// Example for a implementation of <see cref="IEntityBackupDataService&lt;T&gt;"/>  based on <see cref="DemoEntity"/>
/// </summary>
public class DemoEntityEntityBackupDataService : BaseEntityBackupDataService<DemoEntity>
{

    /// <summary>
    /// Demo entities for testing
    /// </summary>
    public List<DemoEntity> DemoEntities { get; } = new();

    /// <summary>
    /// Get the data for an entity by date
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="from">Date from inclusive</param>
    /// <param name="to">Date until exclusive</param>
    /// <param name="pageSize">Page size</param>
    /// <param name="pageIndex">Current page index</param>
    /// <returns>List with entities</returns>
    public override IList<DemoEntity> GetData(DateTime from, DateTime to, int pageSize, int pageIndex)
    {
        return DemoEntities.Where(x => x.Date >= from && x.Date < to).ToList();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Format the entity as a line with semicolon separated fields
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="entity">Entity to serialize</param>
    /// <param name="stringBuilder">StringBuilder to append the data</param>
    public override void FormatAsString(DemoEntity entity, StringBuilder stringBuilder)
    {
        stringBuilder.AppendLine($"{entity.Id};{entity.Name};{entity.Date}");
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Remove the entities backuped already
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="entities">Entities to remove</param>
    public override void RemoveData(IList<DemoEntity> entities)
    {

        foreach (var entity in entities)
        {
            DemoEntities.Remove(entity);
        }

    }

}

Developer tools for making best usage of Bodoconsult.Database based data layers

It first creates an adjusted entity class for the SQL statement OR DBCommand object.
Then it creates a mapping method to map a DataReader row object to the entity class.
At last it creates an service class for adding new rows, updating rows and getting rows from the database table related to SQL statement OR DBCommand object. This feature works only well for statements absed on a single table. If there are more tables targeted in the statement, only the GetAll and GetById may make sense in the service class. The other methods ma be removed in that case.

Here a sample how to use the IMetaDataService infrastructure:


			const string conn = "Valid ADO.NET provider connection string";

            const string sql = "SELECT * FROM [Customer];";

            const string entityName = "Customer";

            const string primaryKeyField = "CustomerId";

            const string targetPath = @"D:\temp";

			// Instanciate the metadata service
			var service = SqlClientMetaDataService();

			// Get the metadata for the SQL statement
            service.GetMetaData(conn, entityName, sql, primaryKeyField);

            // Export the code files
            var result = service.ExportAll(targetPath);

As a result you will find four files with code in the folder D:\temp:

D:\temp\Customer_EntityClass_Code.txt
D:\temp\Customer_DataHelperMethod_Code.txt
D:\temp\Customer_ServiceClass_Code.txt
D:\temp\Customer_TestDataHelperMethod_Code.txt

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Bodoconsult/Bodoconsult.Databasev1.0.0

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Bodoconsult.Database

What does the library

How to use the library

How to use the database layer

EntityBackup for easy handling of table data backup and removal

How to use CsvEntityBackupService based on interface IEntityBackupService

Interface IEntityBackupDataService

Sample implementation of interface IEntityBackupDataService

Developer tools for making best usage of Bodoconsult.Database based data layers

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Bodoconsult/Bodoconsult.Databasev1.0.0

Get Started

Readme

Bodoconsult.Database

What does the library

How to use the library

How to use the database layer

EntityBackup for easy handling of table data backup and removal

How to use CsvEntityBackupService based on interface IEntityBackupService

Interface IEntityBackupDataService

Sample implementation of interface IEntityBackupDataService

Developer tools for making best usage of Bodoconsult.Database based data layers

About us