从数据库获取数据的另一种方法

Question

Im working on a WCF + MVC application and I'm not using Entity Framework. What I would like to do is to get data out of my "Customer" table (Which currently has like 13 "customers") and post it to a Chart in MVC. I stumbled upon this code from Microsofts site :

@{
    var db = Database.Open("SmallBakery");
    var data = db.Query("SELECT Name, Price FROM Product");
    var myChart = new Chart(width: 600, height: 400)
        .AddTitle("Product Sales")
        .DataBindTable(dataSource: data, xField: "Name")
        .Write();
}

But I'm not using Entity Framework, and my Database is in a class library that communicates with my WCF, which is then being referenced through a ServiceReference in my MVC project.

So my question is, what would correspond to var db = Database.Open("SmallBakery"); and

.DataBindTable(dataSource: data, xField: "Name")

Answer 1

The DataSource can be just an IEnumerable ; as long as you specify an existing property on the xField you should be able to view your graph.