Parsing JSON data ASP.NET C# and Razor

Question

Hi I'm working in VS with ASP.NET and razor, trying to fill a table with values from a db table but I have to decode or parse Json to simple text. I really appreciate some help. This is what i´m getting.

  [HttpGet]
        public ActionResult GetData()
        {
            string stdb = "Data Source=DMX87025;Initial Catalog=DB_PCC;Integrated Security=True";
            SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(stdb);
            string sql = "SELECT *FROM[DB_PCC].[dbo].[Departments]";
            SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(sql, conn);
            conn.Open();

            SqlDataReader rd = cmd.ExecuteReader();

            var st = "kyo please help me u.u";
            return Json(new { success = true, message = rd },
                JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
        }

This is my AJAX ...

<div id="result"></div>
<input type="button" name="name" value="try" onclick="DepListQuery()" />

<script>

    function DepListQuery() {


        $.ajax({
            type: 'GET',
            url: '@Url.Action("GetData","Home")',
            contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
            dataType: "json",
            success: function (response) {

                $('#result').text(response.message);
            },
            failure: function (response) {
                alert("something get wrong u.u");
            }
        });
    }

    

</script>

Your need to read the data after `ExecuteReader()` and convert to a model and return a collection of that model, then loop through the collection in your script. — , Oct 02 '17 at 21:44
`SqlDataReader rd = cmd.ExecuteReader();` You then set `message = rd`. You need to do `rd.Read()` to get the strings. — C. Helling, Oct 02 '17 at 21:45

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 02 '17 at 22:33

First thing you need to fix is how you read data from the SqlDataReader. Here is a tutorial on doing so: http://csharp-station.com/Tutorial/AdoDotNet/Lesson04

But even better would be to read data directly into objects. See this answer for details on creating such extension methods: Convert rows from a data reader into typed results

The sample extension method:

public static List<T> ReadList<T>(this IDataReader reader, 
                                  Func<IDataRecord, T> generator) {
     var list = new List<T>();
     while (reader.Read())
         list.Add(generator(reader));
     return list;
}

After your SqlDataReader rd = cmd.ExecuteReader(); line, you'd need something like:

var departmentList = reader.ReadList(x => new Department {
                                           DeptID = x.GetInt32(0),
                                           DeptName = x.GetString(1)
                                    });

Then, once you have such a list of objects, you can return them to the front-end view ajax:

How to parse JSON list of string on ajax return?

List of Objects To Json String

I also want to note that you should surround your SqlConnection, SqlCommand, SqlDataReader, etc with using blocks.

you could post a more explicit example i'm new on asp.net and C# so kind get lost ... — E.Rawrdríguez.Ophanim, Oct 03 '17 at 19:52

Parsing JSON data ASP.NET C# and Razor

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