Dapper.Contrib contains a number of helper methods for inserting, getting, updating and deleting files.

The full list of extension methods in Dapper.Contrib right now are:

T Get<T>(id);
IEnumerable<T> GetAll<T>();
int Insert<T>(T obj);
int Insert<T>(Enumerable<T> list);
bool Update<T>(T obj);
bool Update<T>(Enumerable<T> list);
bool Delete<T>(T obj);
bool Delete<T>(Enumerable<T> list);
bool DeleteAll<T>();

For these extensions to work, the entity in question MUST have a key-property, a property named "id" or decorated with a [Key] attribute.

public class Car
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
}

public class User
{
    [Key]
    int TheId { get; set; }
    string Name { get; set; }
    int Age { get; set; }
}

Get one specific entity based on id

var car = connection.Get<Car>(1);

or a list of all entities in the table.

var cars = connection.GetAll<Car>();

Insert one entity

connection.Insert(new Car { Name = "Volvo" });

or a list of entities.

connection.Insert(cars);

Update one specific entity

connection.Update(new Car() { Id = 1, Name = "Saab" });

or update a list of entities.

connection.Update(cars);

Delete an entity by the specified [Key] property

connection.Delete(new Car() { Id = 1 });

a list of entities

connection.Delete(cars);

or ALL entities in the table.

connection.DeleteAll<Car>();

Dapper.Contrib makes use of some optional attributes:

• [Table("Tablename")] - use another table name instead of the name of the class

   [Table ("emps")]
   public class Employee
   {
   	public int Id { get; set; }
       public string Name { get; set; }
   }

• [Key] - this property is the identity/key (unless it is named "Id")

• [Write(true/false)] - this property is (not) writeable

• [Computed] - this property is computed and should not be part of updates

SQLiteConnection exposes an Update event that clashes with the Update extension provided by Dapper.Contrib. There are 2 ways to deal with this.

1. Call the Update method explicitly from SqlMapperExtensions

   SqlMapperExtensions.Update(_conn, new Employee { Id = 1, Name = "Mercedes" });

2. Make the method signature unique by passing a type parameter to Update

   connection.Update<Car>(new Car() { Id = 1, Name = "Maruti" });