I have the following common tables with the relationships setup in a many to many fashion in my entity model:
Users - UserCodePK, UserName
UserGroups - UserCodeFK,GroupCodeFK
Groups - GroupCodePK,GroupDescription
My Code when trying to add a user:
public static string CreateUser(User user)
{
using (var dbContext = new DCSEntities())
{
User u = new User
{
UserCodePK = "NewUser",
txtUserName = "New User Name
};
u.Groups.Add(new UserGroup {GroupCode = "ADMIN"});
u.Groups.Add(new UserGroup {GroupCode = "SUPER"});
dbContext.Users.AddObject(user);
dbContext.SaveChanges();
}
}
The error that I'm getting is :
"Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'PK_Groups'. Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'dbo.Groups'. The duplicate key value is (ADMIN)"
Basically saying that I'm trying to add the group "ADMIN", which already exists in that table. I thought that by using the stub as above, that I won't need to go the database to fetch the "ADMIN" group and add it to the User object.
Any advice on how to get rid of the error?
EDIT: My Completed Code Based on the Suggestions Below(I hope this is in the right place?)
UI Method
protected void CreateUser()
{
User user = new User();
user.UserCodePK = txtUserCode.Text;
user.UserName = txtUserName.Text;
List<UserGroup> userGroups = new List<UserGroup>();
for (int i = 0; i < chkListGroups.Items.Count; i++)
{
if (chkListGroups.Items[i].Selected == true)
{
userGroups.Add(new UserGroup { GroupCodePK = chkListGroups.Items[i].Value });
}
}
string userCode = BLL.UserFunctions.CreateUser(user, userGroups);
}
BLL Method
public static string CreateUser(User user, List<UserGroup> userGroups)
{
return UserDAL.CreateUser(user,userGroups);
}
DAL Method
public static string CreateUser(User user,List<UserGroup> userGroups)
{
using (var dbContext = new DCSEntities())
{
foreach (UserGroup g in userGroups)
{
var ug = new UserGroup { GroupCode = g.GroupCode };
dbContext.UserGroups.Attach(ug);
user.UserGroups.Add(ug);
}
dbContext.Users.AddObject(user);
dbContext.SaveChanges();
return user.UserCode;
}
}