CRUD Operations using jQuery dialog, Entity Framework and ASP.NET MVC

CRUD Operations using jQuery dialog, Entity Framework and ASP.NET MVC

02 Aug 2025
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CRUD Operations using jQuery dialog, Entity Framework and ASP.NET MVC: An Overview

Insert, Update, Delete, View in MVC using Entity Framework jQuery dialog can be easily achieved if we clearly know how to do that. This tutorial will demonstrate, how to create an Asp.Net MVC application with CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) Operations using jQuery and Entity Framework code. For deeper knowledge on it, enroll yourself in our ASP.NET MVC Training.

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Suppose you have following data model and DataContext classes in EF.

public class User
 {
 public int UserID { get; set; }
 [Required(ErrorMessage = "Please Enter Your Name")]
 public string Name { get; set; }
 [Required(ErrorMessage = "Please Enter Your Address")]
 public string Address { get; set; }
 [Required(ErrorMessage = "Please Enter Your Contact No")]
 public string ContactNo { get; set; }
 }

public class DataContext : DbContext
 {
 public DataContext()
 : base("DefaultConnection")
 {

 }

 public DbSet<User> Users { get; set; }
 }

Now migrate your data model class into SQL Server database by using EF code first database migration. For more help refer this link Understanding Entity Framework Code First Migrations

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Create Operation

Create Operation
Create Operation

Create Operation

Read Operation

Read Operation

Update Operation

Update Operation

Update Operation

Delete Operation

Delete Operation

Making jQuery dialogs for CRUD Operations

@model IEnumerable<jQuery_CRUD.DAL.User>
@{
 ViewBag.Title = "Index";
}
<script src="~/Scripts/jquery-1.8.2.min.js"></script>
<script src="~/Scripts/jquery-ui-1.8.24.min.js"></script>
<link href="~/Content/themes/base/jquery-ui.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script>
 $(document).ready(function () {
 var url = "";
 $("#dialog-alert").dialog({
 autoOpen: false,
 resizable: false,
 height: 170,
 width: 350,
 show: { effect: 'drop', direction: "up" },
 modal: true,
 draggable: true,
 open: function (event, ui) {
 $(".ui-dialog-titlebar-close").hide();
 },
 buttons: {
 "OK": function () {
 $(this).dialog("close");

 },
 "Cancel": function () {
 $(this).dialog("close");
 }
 }
 });

 if ('@TempData["msg"]' != "") {
 $("#dialog-alert").dialog('open');
 }

 $("#dialog-edit").dialog({
 title: 'Create User',
 autoOpen: false,
 resizable: false,
 width: 400,
 show: { effect: 'drop', direction: "up" },
 modal: true,
 draggable: true,
 open: function (event, ui) {
 $(".ui-dialog-titlebar-close").hide();
 $(this).load(url);
 }
 });

 $("#dialog-confirm").dialog({
 autoOpen: false,
 resizable: false,
 height: 170,
 width: 350,
 show: { effect: 'drop', direction: "up" },
 modal: true,
 draggable: true,
 open: function (event, ui) {
 $(".ui-dialog-titlebar-close").hide();

 },
 buttons: {
 "OK": function () {
 $(this).dialog("close");
 window.location.href = url;
 },
 "Cancel": function () {
 $(this).dialog("close");
 }
 }
 });

 $("#dialog-detail").dialog({
 title: 'View User',
 autoOpen: false,
 resizable: false,
 width: 400,
 show: { effect: 'drop', direction: "up" },
 modal: true,
 draggable: true,
 open: function (event, ui) {
 $(".ui-dialog-titlebar-close").hide();
 $(this).load(url);
 },
 buttons: {
 "Close": function () {
 $(this).dialog("close");
 }
 }
 });

 $("#lnkCreate").live("click", function (e) {
 //e.preventDefault(); //use this or return false
 url = $(this).attr('href');
 $("#dialog-edit").dialog('open');

 return false;
 });

 $(".lnkEdit").live("click", function (e) {
 // e.preventDefault(); use this or return false
 url = $(this).attr('href');
 $(".ui-dialog-title").html("Update User");
 $("#dialog-edit").dialog('open');

 return false;
 });

 $(".lnkDelete").live("click", function (e) {
 // e.preventDefault(); use this or return false
 url = $(this).attr('href');
 $("#dialog-confirm").dialog('open');

 return false;
 });

 $(".lnkDetail").live("click", function (e) {
 // e.preventDefault(); use this or return false
 url = $(this).attr('href');
 $("#dialog-detail").dialog('open');

 return false;
 });

 $("#btncancel").live("click", function (e) {
 $("#dialog-edit").dialog("close");
 return false;
 });
 });
</script>
<div id="dialog-alert" style="display: none">
 <p>
 @TempData["msg"]!
 </p>
</div>

<div id="dialog-confirm" style="display: none">
 <p>
 <span class="ui-icon ui-icon-alert" style="float: left; margin: 0 7px 20px 0;"></span>
 Are you sure to delete?
 </p>
</div>

<div id="dialog-edit" style="display: none">
</div>
<div id="dialog-detail" style="display: none">
</div>

<h2>Users List</h2>

<p>
 @Html.ActionLink("Create New", "Create", null, new { id = "lnkCreate" })
</p>
<table>
 <tr>
 <th>
 @Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.Name)
 </th>
 <th>
 @Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.Address)
 </th>
 <th>
 @Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.ContactNo)
 </th>
 <th></th>
 </tr>

 @foreach (var item in Model)
 {
 <tr>
 <td>
 @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Name)
 </td>
 <td>
 @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Address)
 </td>
 <td>
 @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.ContactNo)
 </td>
 <td>
 @Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Edit", new { id = item.UserID }, new { @class = "lnkEdit" }) |
 @Html.ActionLink("Details", "Details", new { id = item.UserID }, new { @class = "lnkDetail" }) |
 @Html.ActionLink("Delete", "Delete", new { id = item.UserID }, new { @class = "lnkDelete" })
 </td>
 </tr>
 }

</table>

Controller for handling CRUD Operations

public class UserController : Controller
 {
 private DataContext db = new DataContext();

 // GET: /User/
 public ActionResult Index()
 {
 return View(db.Users.ToList());
 }

 // GET: /User/Details/5
 public ActionResult Details(int id = 0)
 {
 User user = db.Users.Find(id);
 if (user == null)
 {
 return HttpNotFound();
 }
 return View(user);
 }

 // GET: /User/Create
 public ActionResult Create()
 {
 return PartialView();
 }

 // POST: /User/Create
 [HttpPost]
 [ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
 public ActionResult Create(User user, string Command)
 {
 if (ModelState.IsValid)
 {
 db.Users.Add(user);
 db.SaveChanges();
 TempData["Msg"] = "Data has been saved succeessfully";
 return RedirectToAction("Index");
 }

 return View(user);
 }

 // GET: /User/Edit/5
 public ActionResult Edit(int id = 0)
 {
 User user = db.Users.Find(id);
 if (user == null)
 {
 return HttpNotFound();
 }
 return View(user);
 }

 // POST: /User/Edit/5
 [HttpPost]
 [ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
 public ActionResult Edit(User user)
 {
 if (ModelState.IsValid)
 {
 db.Entry(user).State = EntityState.Modified;
 db.SaveChanges();
 TempData["Msg"] = "Data has been updated succeessfully";
 return RedirectToAction("Index");
 }
 return View(user);
 }

 // GET: /User/Delete/5
 public ActionResult Delete(int id)
 {
 User user = db.Users.Find(id);
 db.Users.Remove(user);
 db.SaveChanges();
 TempData["Msg"] = "Data has been deleted succeessfully";
 return RedirectToAction("Index");
 }

 protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
 {
 db.Dispose();
 base.Dispose(disposing);
 }
 }
Summary

I hope you will enjoy these tricks while programming with ASP.NET MVC. I would like to have feedback from my blog readers. Your valuable feedback, question, or comments about this article are always welcome. To know more about ASP.NET MVC Core concepts in detail, consider enrolling in our ASP.NET MVC Certification Course right now!

FAQs

CRUD operations in ASP.NET with Entity Framework are the basic Create, Read, Update and Delete operations performed on database to interact with it.

To use jQuery in MVC ASP.NET, follow these steps:
  1. download jQuery library and include it in the project.
  2. Add '<script>' tag to refer at the jQuery file.
  3. In the <script> tag, write the jQuery code in your views.

The Entity Framework in ASP.NET works like an ORM Framework that helps the object oriented code of the application to communicate with its database.

The 4 CRUD operation are as follows:
  1. Create
  2. Read
  3. Update
  4. Delete
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