Example​
Code-first Customer & Order example with complex types on POCO as text blobs​
Below is a complete stand-alone example. No other config or classes is required for it to run.
INFO
These examples are also available as an executable stand-alone unit test (async).
public enum PhoneType
{
Home,
Work,
Mobile,
}
public enum AddressType
{
Home,
Work,
Other,
}
public class Address
{
public string Line1 { get; set; }
public string Line2 { get; set; }
public string ZipCode { get; set; }
public string State { get; set; }
public string City { get; set; }
public string Country { get; set; }
}
public class Customer
{
[AutoIncrement] // Creates Auto primary key
public int Id { get; set; }
public string FirstName { get; set; }
public string LastName { get; set; }
[Index(Unique = true)] // Creates Unique Index
public string Email { get; set; }
public Dictionary<PhoneType, string> PhoneNumbers { get; set; } = new(); //Blobbed
public Dictionary<AddressType, Address> Addresses { get; set; } = new(); //Blobbed
public DateTime CreatedAt { get; set; }
}
public class Order
{
[AutoIncrement]
public int Id { get; set; }
[References(typeof(Customer))] //Creates Foreign Key
public int CustomerId { get; set; }
[References(typeof(Employee))] //Creates Foreign Key
public int EmployeeId { get; set; }
public Address ShippingAddress { get; set; } //Blobbed (no Address table)
public DateTime? OrderDate { get; set; }
public DateTime? RequiredDate { get; set; }
public DateTime? ShippedDate { get; set; }
public int? ShipVia { get; set; }
public decimal Freight { get; set; }
public decimal Total { get; set; }
}
public class OrderDetail
{
[AutoIncrement]
public int Id { get; set; }
[References(typeof(Order))] //Creates Foreign Key
public int OrderId { get; set; }
public int ProductId { get; set; }
public decimal UnitPrice { get; set; }
public short Quantity { get; set; }
public decimal Discount { get; set; }
}
public class Employee
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
}
public class Product
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public decimal UnitPrice { get; set; }
}
// Setup SQL Server Connection Factory
var dbFactory = new OrmLiteConnectionFactory(connString, SqlServerDialect.Provider);
// Use in-memory Sqlite DB instead
//var dbFactory = new OrmLiteConnectionFactory(
// ":memory:", false, SqliteDialect.Provider);
//Non-intrusive: All extension methods hang off System.Data.* interfaces
using var db = Config.OpenDbConnection();
//Re-Create all table schemas:
db.DropTable<OrderDetail>();
db.DropTable<Order>();
db.DropTable<Customer>();
db.DropTable<Product>();
db.DropTable<Employee>();
db.CreateTable<Employee>();
db.CreateTable<Product>();
db.CreateTable<Customer>();
db.CreateTable<Order>();
db.CreateTable<OrderDetail>();
db.Insert(new Employee { Id = 1, Name = "Employee 1" });
db.Insert(new Employee { Id = 2, Name = "Employee 2" });
var product1 = new Product { Id = 1, Name = "Product 1", UnitPrice = 10 };
var product2 = new Product { Id = 2, Name = "Product 2", UnitPrice = 20 };
db.Save(product1, product2);
var customer = new Customer {
FirstName = "Orm",
LastName = "Lite",
Email = "ormlite@servicestack.net",
PhoneNumbers =
{
{ PhoneType.Home, "555-1234" },
{ PhoneType.Work, "1-800-1234" },
{ PhoneType.Mobile, "818-123-4567" },
},
Addresses =
{
{ AddressType.Work, new Address {
Line1 = "1 Street", Country = "US", State = "NY", City = "New York", ZipCode = "10101" }
},
},
CreatedAt = DateTime.UtcNow,
};
var customerId = db.Insert(customer, selectIdentity: true); //Get Auto Inserted Id
customer = db.Single<Customer>(new { customer.Email }); //Query
//Direct access to System.Data.Transactions:
using (IDbTransaction trans = db.OpenTransaction(IsolationLevel.ReadCommitted))
{
var order = new Order {
CustomerId = customer.Id,
EmployeeId = 1,
OrderDate = DateTime.UtcNow,
Freight = 10.50m,
ShippingAddress = new Address {
Line1 = "3 Street", Country = "US", State = "NY", City = "New York", ZipCode = "12121" },
};
db.Save(order); //Inserts 1st time
//order.Id populated on Save().
var orderDetails = new[] {
new OrderDetail {
OrderId = order.Id,
ProductId = product1.Id,
Quantity = 2,
UnitPrice = product1.UnitPrice,
},
new OrderDetail {
OrderId = order.Id,
ProductId = product2.Id,
Quantity = 2,
UnitPrice = product2.UnitPrice,
Discount = .15m,
}
};
db.Save(orderDetails);
order.Total = orderDetails.Sum(x => x.UnitPrice * x.Quantity * x.Discount) + order.Freight;
db.Save(order); //Updates 2nd Time
trans.Commit();
}
Async Example​
await db.InsertAsync(new Employee { Id = 1, Name = "Employee 1" });
await db.InsertAsync(new Employee { Id = 2, Name = "Employee 2" });
var product1 = new Product { Id = 1, Name = "Product 1", UnitPrice = 10 };
var product2 = new Product { Id = 2, Name = "Product 2", UnitPrice = 20 };
await db.SaveAsync(product1, product2);
var customer = new Customer {
FirstName = "Orm",
LastName = "Lite",
Email = "ormlite@servicestack.net",
PhoneNumbers =
{
{ PhoneType.Home, "555-1234" },
{ PhoneType.Work, "1-800-1234" },
{ PhoneType.Mobile, "818-123-4567" },
},
Addresses =
{
{ AddressType.Work, new Address {
Line1 = "1 Street", Country = "US", State = "NY", City = "New York", ZipCode = "10101" }
},
},
CreatedAt = DateTime.UtcNow,
};
var customerId = await db.InsertAsync(customer, selectIdentity: true); //Get Auto Inserted Id
customer = await db.SingleAsync<Customer>(new { customer.Email }); //Query
//Direct access to System.Data.Transactions:
using var trans = db.OpenTransaction(IsolationLevel.ReadCommitted);
var order = new Order {
CustomerId = customer.Id,
EmployeeId = 1,
OrderDate = DateTime.UtcNow,
Freight = 10.50m,
ShippingAddress = new Address {
Line1 = "3 Street", Country = "US", State = "NY", City = "New York", ZipCode = "12121" },
};
await db.SaveAsync(order); //Inserts 1st time
//order.Id populated on Save().
var orderDetails = new[] {
new OrderDetail {
OrderId = order.Id,
ProductId = product1.Id,
Quantity = 2,
UnitPrice = product1.UnitPrice,
},
new OrderDetail {
OrderId = order.Id,
ProductId = product2.Id,
Quantity = 2,
UnitPrice = product2.UnitPrice,
Discount = .15m,
}
};
await db.SaveAsync(orderDetails);
order.Total = orderDetails.Sum(x => x.UnitPrice * x.Quantity * x.Discount) + order.Freight;
await db.SaveAsync(order); //Updates 2nd Time
trans.Commit();
Running this against a SQL Server database will yield the results below:
With the blobbed POCO types stored in the very fast and Versatile JSV Format - a more compact, human and parser-friendly than JSON.