Dapper Tutorial Dapper - Anonymous Parameter

Description

Dapper make it simple & safe (SQL Injection) to use parameter by supporting anonymous type.

• Anonymous parameters are used in cases where you don't want to hardcode the parameter names in your query.
• This can be useful if you want to dynamically build a query, or if you want to avoid SQL injection attacks.

The raw SQL query can be executed using the Execute method with anonymous parameters. These are useful for simple queries where you don't need to create a separate class to represent your data. This can save you a considerable amount of time and effort when working with complex SQL queries.

Single

When you need to insert a single record, you can pass the INSERT statement directly to the Execute method. It also allows you to use parameterized INSERT statement as shown in the below example.

string sql = "INSERT INTO Customers (CustomerName) Values (@CustomerName);";

using (var connection = new SqlConnection(FiddleHelper.GetConnectionStringSqlServerW3Schools()))
{
	var affectedRows = connection.Execute(sql, new {CustomerName = "Mark"});

	Console.WriteLine(affectedRows);
	
	// Only for see the Insert.
	var customer = connection.Query<Customer>("Select * FROM CUSTOMERS WHERE CustomerName = 'Mark'").ToList();

	FiddleHelper.WriteTable(customer);
}

In the example above, we use the Execute to insert a customer named "Mark". We use an anonymous parameter for the CustomerName value.

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Many

If you need to insert multiple records into the database then you can use the Execute method with a SQL statement that uses a parameterized insert statement. This will execute the INSERT statement for each record in the parameters object.

string sql = "INSERT INTO Customers (CustomerName) Values (@CustomerName);";

using (var connection = new SqlConnection(FiddleHelper.GetConnectionStringSqlServerW3Schools()))
{			
	var affectedRows = connection.Execute(sql,
	new[]
	{
	new {CustomerName = "John"},
	new {CustomerName = "Andy"},
	new {CustomerName = "Allan"}
	}
	
	Console.WriteLine(affectedRows);
)

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You can also use anonymous parameters with the Query and QueryFirst methods.

string sql = "SELECT * FROM OrderDetails WHERE OrderDetailID = @OrderDetailID;";

using (var connection = new SqlConnection(FiddleHelper.GetConnectionStringSqlServerW3Schools()))
{
	var orderDetail = connection.QueryFirst<OrderDetail>(sql, new {OrderDetailID = 10});
	
	FiddleHelper.WriteTable(new List<OrderDetail>() { orderDetail } );
}

In this example, the variable orderDetail would be of type dynamic. This means that you can access the columns of the result set by their names.

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