Umbraco Razor, How to Connect and Query to a SQL Database and Loop around the Results, and use a Helper to display the results

1. Connect to the Database (the connection string must be in the Web config file)
2. Loop around the results (this code loops around a database that stores vistits to FAQ pages, and stores the Page ID)
3. Use a helper to display the results

KEY:
Field names in Database 


@inherits umbraco.MacroEngines.DynamicNodeContext
@using WebMatrix.Data


@{
// 1 Contect to the Database and Select the items
        var DB = Database.Open("myAnalyticsConnection");
var FAQs = DB.Query("SELECT * FROM Analytics WHERE docType='FAQ'  ORDER BY numberOfClicks DESC").Take(5);

}


@{
// 2For Each of the Items(FAQs) loop arround
foreach (var FAQ in FAQs)
{
@getPageLink(FAQ.pageId)
}
}




@helper getPageLink(int thisPage)
{
//3.  A Helper to get the node URL, as this is not stored in the database
try {

var thisPageId = @Model.NodeById(@thisPage);

<li style="text-align:left;background-image: url(/images/arrow-white.png);">
<a href="@thisPageId.Url">
<span style="color:#ffffff">@thisPageId.Name</span>
</a>
</li>

}
catch{<text>error</text>}

}

Comments

  1. Hello, i dont understand this: the connection string must be in the Web config file,,, thank you

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  2. Thanks for the always useful information. This is great information to help garage type SEO people like me.RazorSQL 7.3.2

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