Using MVC App to run CRUD operations on Existing Azure Database

Question

Create an ASP.NET MVC app with auth and SQL DB and deploy to Azure App Service

above is a link to a tutorial that I followed to create a database and manipulate seeded data with a MVC app.

I am currently learning about ASP.NET & Azure in my internship. How would I go about connecting to an existing database to run CRUD operations on a table that already has data in it? How would the data already in the table show up on the page?

Answer 1

Take a look at your web.config file. You'll find a section:

<connectionString>
   <add key="DefaultDB" value="....."/>
</connectionString>

Just change it to your existing database. Another option, you can change the connection string when you'll publish the application:

https://acomdpsstorage.blob.core.windows.net/dpsmedia-prod/azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/web-sites-dotnet-deploy-aspnet-mvc-app-membership-oauth-sql-database/20150514052253/rrc2.png

If you followed the steps on the previous link you've post, just skip the step:

https://acomdpsstorage.blob.core.windows.net/dpsmedia-prod/azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/web-sites-dotnet-deploy-aspnet-mvc-app-membership-oauth-sql-database/20150514052253/newdb.png

Since you'll already have a database server, you won't need to create a new one.

Answer 2

If you are trying to use an existing DB when publishing then you can Right Click the web project in the solution explorer node and select Publish. Then you can create a publish profile to your remote site. On the settings tab you should see an entry for the connection string. In that dialog you can place a new connection string that should be used when you publish your application.