In this article I will explain with an example, how to perform CRUD operation (Create, Read, Update and Delete) using ADO.Net in ASP.Net MVC Razor.
CRUD operation in simple terms means Select, Insert, Edit, Update and Delete operations.
Note: For beginners in ASP.Net MVC, please refer my article ASP.Net MVC Hello World Tutorial with Sample Program example.
 
 

Database

I have made use of the following table Customers with the schema as follows. CustomerId is an Auto-Increment (Identity) column.
MVC ADO.Net CRUD: Select Insert Edit Update and Delete using ADO.Net in ASP.Net MVC Razor
 
I have already inserted few records in the table.
MVC ADO.Net CRUD: Select Insert Edit Update and Delete using ADO.Net in ASP.Net MVC Razor
 
Note: You can download the database table SQL by clicking the download link below.
          Download SQL file
 
 

Namespaces

You will need to import the following namespaces.
using System.Configuration;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
 
 

Model

The Model class consists of following properties.
public class CustomerModel
{
    public int CustomerId { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public string Country { get; set; }
}
 
 

Controller

The Controller consists of following Action methods.

Action method for handling GET operation

Inside this Action method, all the records from the Customers table is returned to the View as a Generic List collection.
 

Action method for Inserting

Inside this Action method, the received Customer object is inserted into the Customers table and the updated Customer object with generated CustomerId is returned back to the View.
 

Action method for Updating

Inside this Action method, the Customer object is received as parameter.
The values of Name and Country are updated in the Customers table using the CustomerId value.
 

Action method for Deleting

Inside this Action method, the CustomerId value is received as parameter.
The Customer record is deleted from the Customers table using the CustomerId value.
public class HomeController : Controller
{
    // GET: Home
    public ActionResult Index()
    {
        List<CustomerModel> customers = new List<CustomerModel>();
        string constr = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["constr"].ConnectionString;
        string query = "SELECT * FROM Customers";
        using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(constr))
        {
            using (SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(query))
            {
                cmd.Connection = con;
                con.Open();
                using (SqlDataReader sdr = cmd.ExecuteReader())
                {
                    while (sdr.Read())
                    {
                        customers.Add(new CustomerModel
                        {
                             CustomerId = Convert.ToInt32(sdr["CustomerId"]),
                             Name = Convert.ToString(sdr["Name"]),
                             Country = Convert.ToString(sdr["Country"])
                        });
                    }
                }
                con.Close();
            }
        }
 
        if (customers.Count == 0)
        {
            customers.Add(new CustomerModel());
        }
        return View(customers);
    }
 
    [HttpPost]
    public JsonResult InsertCustomer(CustomerModel customer)
    {
        string query = "INSERT INTO CustomersVALUES(@Name, @Country)";
        query += "SELECT SCOPE_IDENTITY()";
        string constr = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["constr"].ConnectionString;
        using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(constr))
        {
            using (SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(query))
            {
                cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Name", customer.Name);
                cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Country", customer.Country);
                cmd.Connection = con;
                con.Open();
                customer.CustomerId = Convert.ToInt32(cmd.ExecuteScalar());
                con.Close();
            }
        }
 
        return Json(customer);
    }
 
    [HttpPost]
    public ActionResult UpdateCustomer(CustomerModel customer)
    {
        string query = "UPDATE Customers SET Name=@Name, Country=@Country WHERE CustomerId=@CustomerId";
        string constr = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["constr"].ConnectionString;
        using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(constr))
        {
            using (SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(query))
            {
                cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@CustomerId", customer.CustomerId);
                cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Name", customer.Name);
                cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Country", customer.Country);
                cmd.Connection = con;
                con.Open();
                cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
                con.Close();
            }
        }
 
        return new EmptyResult();
    }
 
    [HttpPost]
    public ActionResult DeleteCustomer(int customerId)
    {
        string query = "DELETE FROM Customers WHERE CustomerId=@CustomerId";
        string constr = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["constr"].ConnectionString;
        using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(constr))
        {
            using (SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(query))
            {
                cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@CustomerId", customerId);
                cmd.Connection = con;
                con.Open();
                cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
                con.Close();
            }
        }
 
        return new EmptyResult();
    }
}
 
 

View

HTML Markup

Inside the View, in the very first line the CustomerModel class is declared as IEnumerable which specifies that it will be available as a Collection.

Display

For displaying the records, an HTML Table is used. A loop will be executed over the Model which will generate the HTML Table rows with the Customer records.
 

Insert

When the Add button is clicked the name and the country values are fetched from their respective TextBoxes and then passed to the InsertCustomer Action method using jQuery AJAX call.
Once the response is received, a new row is appended to the HTML table using the AppendRow function.
 

Edit

When the Edit Button is clicked, the reference of the HTML Table row is determined and the HTML SPAN elements are made hidden while the TextBoxes are made visible in the Name and Country columns of the HTML Table.
 

Update

When the Update Button is clicked, the reference of the HTML Table row is determined and the updated values are fetched from the respective TextBoxes of Name and Country columns while the CustomerId is determined from the HTML SPAN element of the CustomerId column.
The values of CustomerId, Name and Country are passed to the UpdateCustomer Action method using jQuery AJAX call.
Once the response is received, the HTML SPAN elements are made visible and the TextBoxes are made hidden for the Name and Country columns of the HTML Table row.
 

Cancel

When the Cancel Button is clicked, the reference of the HTML Table row is determined and the HTML SPAN elements are made visible while the TextBoxes are made hidden in the Name and Country columns of the HTML Table row.
 

Delete

When the Delete Button is clicked, the reference of the HTML Table row is determined and the value of the CustomerId is fetched and passed to the DeleteCustomer Action method using jQuery AJAX call.
Once the response is received the respective row is removed from the HTML Table row.
@using CRUD_ADONet_jQuery_MVC.Models
@model IEnumerable<CustomerModel>
 
@{
     Layout = null;
}
 
<!DOCTYPE html>
 
<html>
<head>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
    <title>Index</title>
</head>
<body>
    <table id="tblCustomers" class="table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
        <tr>
            <th style="width:100px">Customer Id</th>
            <th style="width:150px">Name</th>
            <th style="width:150px">Country</th>
            <th style="width:150px"></th>
        </tr>
        @foreach (CustomerModel customer in Model)
        {
            <tr>
                <td class="CustomerId">
                    <span>@customer.CustomerId</span>
                </td>
                <td class="Name">
                    <span>@customer.Name</span>
                    <input type="text" value="@customer.Name" style="display:none" />
                </td>
                <td class="Country">
                    <span>@customer.Country</span>
                    <input type="text" value="@customer.Country" style="display:none" />
                </td>
                <td>
                    <a class="Edit" href="javascript:;">Edit</a>
                    <a class="Update" href="javascript:;" style="display:none">Update</a>
                    <a class="Cancel" href="javascript:;" style="display:none">Cancel</a>
                    <a class="Delete" href="javascript:;">Delete</a>
                </td>
            </tr>
        }
    </table>
    <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
        <tr>
            <td style="width:150px">
                Name<br />
                <input type="text" id="txtName" style="width:140px" />
            </td>
            <td style="width:150px">
                Country:<br />
                <input type="text" id="txtCountry" style="width:140px" />
            </td>
            <td style="width:200px">
                <br />
                <input type="button" id="btnAdd" value="Add" />
            </td>
        </tr>
    </table>
 
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.cdnjs.com/ajax/libs/json2/20110223/json2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(function () {
            //Remove the dummy row if data present.
            if ($("#tblCustomers tr").length > 2) {
                $("#tblCustomers tr:eq(1)").remove();
             } else {
                var row = $("#tblCustomers tr:last-child");
                row.find(".Edit").hide();
                row.find(".Delete").hide();
                row.find("span").html('&nbsp;');
            }
        });
 
        function AppendRow(row, customerId, name, country) {
            //Bind CustomerId.
            $(".CustomerId", row).find("span").html(customerId);
 
            //Bind Name.
            $(".Name", row).find("span").html(name);
            $(".Name", row).find("input").val(name);
 
            //Bind Country.
            $(".Country", row).find("span").html(country);
            $(".Country", row).find("input").val(country);
 
            row.find(".Edit").show();
            row.find(".Delete").show();
 
            $("#tblCustomers").append(row);
        };
 
        //Add event handler.
        $("body").on("click", "#btnAdd", function () {
            var txtName = $("#txtName");
            var txtCountry = $("#txtCountry");
            $.ajax({
                 type: "POST",
                 url: "/Home/InsertCustomer",
                 data: '{name: "' + txtName.val() + '", country: "' + txtCountry.val() + '" }',
                 contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
                 dataType: "json",
                 success: function (r) {
                    var row = $("#tblCustomers tr:last-child");
                    if ($("#tblCustomers tr:last-child span").eq(0).html() != "&nbsp;") {
                         row = row.clone();
                    }
                    AppendRow(row, r.CustomerId, r.Name, r.Country);
                    txtName.val("");
                    txtCountry.val("");
                }
            });
        });
 
        //Edit event handler.
        $("body").on("click", "#tblCustomers .Edit", function () {
            var row = $(this).closest("tr");
            $("td", row).each(function () {
                if ($(this).find("input").length > 0) {
                    $(this).find("input").show();
                    $(this).find("span").hide();
                }
            });
            row.find(".Update").show();
            row.find(".Cancel").show();
            row.find(".Delete").hide();
            $(this).hide();
        });
 
        //Update event handler.
        $("body").on("click", "#tblCustomers .Update", function () {
            var row = $(this).closest("tr");
            $("td", row).each(function () {
                if ($(this).find("input").length > 0) {
                    var span = $(this).find("span");
                    var input = $(this).find("input");
                    span.html(input.val());
                    span.show();
                    input.hide();
                }
            });
            row.find(".Edit").show();
            row.find(".Delete").show();
            row.find(".Cancel").hide();
            $(this).hide();
 
            var customer = {};
            customer.CustomerId = row.find(".CustomerId").find("span").html();
            customer.Name = row.find(".Name").find("span").html();
            customer.Country = row.find(".Country").find("span").html();
            $.ajax({
                 type: "POST",
                 url: "/Home/UpdateCustomer",
                 data: '{customer:' + JSON.stringify(customer) + '}',
                 contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
                 dataType: "json"
            });
        });
 
        //Cancel event handler.
        $("body").on("click", "#tblCustomers .Cancel", function () {
            var row = $(this).closest("tr");
            $("td", row).each(function () {
                if ($(this).find("input").length > 0) {
                    var span = $(this).find("span");
                    var input = $(this).find("input");
                    input.val(span.html());
                    span.show();
                    input.hide();
                }
            });
            row.find(".Edit").show();
            row.find(".Delete").show();
            row.find(".Update").hide();
            $(this).hide();
        });
 
        //Delete event handler.
        $("body").on("click", "#tblCustomers .Delete", function () {
            if (confirm("Do you want to delete this row?")) {
                var row = $(this).closest("tr");
                var customerId = row.find("span").html();
                $.ajax({
                     type: "POST",
                     url: "/Home/DeleteCustomer",
                     data: '{customerId: ' + customerId + '}',
                     contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
                     dataType: "json",
                     success:function (response) {
                        if ($("#tblCustomers tr").length > 2) {
                            row.remove();
                         } else {
                            row.find(".Edit").hide();
                            row.find(".Delete").hide();
                            row.find("span").html('&nbsp;');
                        }
                    }
                });
            }
        });
    </script>
</body>
</html>
 
 

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