Introduction
Today, in this article let's play around with one of the interesting and most useful concepts in OData.
Question: What is insert data from SharePoint list using OData Service?
In simple terms "It provides the ability to insert data with the help of data services from SharePoint list".
Step 1: Create a new custom list on the SharePoint site
Step 2: Browse the OData Service .svc on SharePoint
Step 3: Create a new web application
Step 4: Add a service reference to the newly created web application
Step 5: The complete code of WebForm1.aspx looks like this:
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="WebForm1.aspx.cs" Inherits="InsertODataSPApp.WebForm1" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<!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">
<div>
<center>
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text="Insert Data into SharePoint List using OData Service"
Font-Bold="true"></asp:Label>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />
<br />
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<asp:Label ID="Label2" runat="server" Text="Please Enter FirstName: " ForeColor="Brown"
Font-Bold="true" Font-Italic="true"></asp:Label>
</td>
<td>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<asp:Label ID="Label3" runat="server" Text="Please Enter LastName: " ForeColor="Brown"
Font-Bold="true" Font-Italic="true"></asp:Label>
</td>
<td>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox2" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<asp:Label ID="Label4" runat="server" Text="Please Enter Age: " ForeColor="Brown"
Font-Bold="true" Font-Italic="true"></asp:Label>
</td>
<td>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox3" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" align="center">
<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Insert Data" OnClick="Button1_Click"
BackColor="Orange" Font-Bold="true" /><br />
<br />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />
<br />
<table>
<tr>
<td colspan="3">
<asp:Label ID="Label5" runat="server" Font-Bold="true"></asp:Label>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</center>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Step 6: The complete code of WebForm1.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;
using InsertODataSPApp.ServiceReference1;
namespace InsertODataSPApp
{
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) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(TextBox2.Text) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(TextBox3.Text))
{
Label5.Text = "Please Enter Some Values";
Label5.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red;
}
else
{
MainSiteDataContext objContext = new MainSiteDataContext(new Uri("http://win-kv3bo1rqqf7:24144/_vti_bin/ListData.svc"));
objContext.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
objContext.AddToStudent(new StudentItem
{
FirstName = TextBox1.Text, LastName = TextBox2.Text, Age = int.Parse(TextBox3.Text)
}
);
objContext.SaveChanges();
Label5.Text = "Record Inserted Successfully";
Label5.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Green;
TextBox1.Text = string.Empty;
TextBox2.Text = string.Empty;
TextBox3.Text = string.Empty;
}
}
}
}
Step 7: The output of the application looks like this:
Step 8: The inserted data output of the application looks like this:
Update Data from SharePoint List using OData Service
Introduction
Today, in this article let's play around with one of the interesting and most useful concepts in OData.
Question: What is update data from SharePoint list using OData Service?
In simple terms "It provides the ability to update data with the help of data services from SharePoint list".
Step 1: Create a new custom list on SharePoint site, as in:
Step 2: Browse to the OData Service .svc on SharePoint, as in:
Step 3: Create a new web application
Step 4: Add up the service reference of the OData Service:
Step 5: The complete code of WebForm1.aspx looks like this:
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="WebForm1.aspx.cs" Inherits="UpdateODataSPApp.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">
<asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text="Update Data in SharePoint List with OData Service"
Font-Bold="true" Font-Size="Large" Font-Names="Verdana" ForeColor="Maroon"></asp:Label>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<asp:Label ID="Label6" runat="server" Text="Please Enter Student Id" Font-Size="Large"
Font-Names="Verdana" Font-Italic="true"></asp:Label>
</td>
<td>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox4" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<asp:Label ID="Label2" runat="server" Text="Please Enter FirstName" Font-Size="Large"
Font-Names="Verdana" Font-Italic="true"></asp:Label>
</td>
<td>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<asp:Label ID="Label3" runat="server" Text="Please Enter LastName" Font-Size="Large"
Font-Names="Verdana" Font-Italic="true"></asp:Label>
</td>
<td>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox2" runat="server"></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"></asp:TextBox>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" align="center">
<asp:Button ID="Button2" runat="server" Text="Update List Data" Font-Names="Verdana"
Width="166px" BackColor="Orange" Font-Bold="True" OnClick="Button2_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 6: The complete code of WebForm1.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;
using UpdateODataSPApp.ServiceReference1;
namespace UpdateODataSPApp
{
public partial class WebForm1 : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
protected void Button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(TextBox1.Text) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(TextBox2.Text) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(TextBox3.Text) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(TextBox4.Text))
{
Label5.Text = "Please Enter Some Values";
Label5.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red;
}
else
{
MainSiteDataContext objContext = new MainSiteDataContext(new Uri("http://win-kv3bo1rqqf7:24144/_vti_bin/ListData.svc"));
objContext.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
var updateQuery = (from r in objContext.Student where r.Id == int.Parse(TextBox4.Text) select r).Single();
updateQuery.FirstName = TextBox1.Text;
updateQuery.LastName = TextBox2.Text;
updateQuery.Age = int.Parse(TextBox3.Text);
objContext.UpdateObject(updateQuery);
objContext.SaveChanges();
Label5.Text = "Data Updated Successfully";
Label5.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Green;
TextBox1.Text = string.Empty;
TextBox2.Text = string.Empty;
TextBox3.Text = string.Empty;
TextBox4.Text = string.Empty;
}
}
}
}
Step 7: The output of the application looks like this:
Step 8: The updated data output of the application looks like this:
I hope this article is useful for you.
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