Working with JSON in SQL Queries 

 >ng g m UploadFile -m app.module --routing

 >ng g c UploadFile/UploadFileSimple

 >ng g cl UploadFile/Ticket

export class Ticket {
  constructor(public description: string = "") {}
}

import { Ticket } from "./../ticket";

export class UploadFileSimpleComponent implements OnInit {
  model = new Ticket();

<div class="container">
  <h3>Support Form</h3>
  <form #form="ngForm" (submit)="submitForm(form)" novalidate>
    <div class="form-group" [class.has-error]="description.invalid && description.touched">
      <label class="control-label">Description</label>
      <input #description="ngModel" required type="text" class="form-control"
        name="description" [(ngModel)]="model.description">
      <div *ngIf="description.invalid && description.touched">
        <div class="alert alert-danger"  *ngIf="description.errors.required">
          description is required.
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>

    <div class="form-group">
      <label class="control-label">Screenshot(s)</label>
      <input #screenshotInput required type="file" multiple (change)="fileChange($event)"
        class="form-control" name="screenshot">
    </div>

    <button class="btn btn-primary" [disabled]="form.invalid" type="submit">Ok</button>
  </form>
</div>

 (change)="fileChange($event)"

fileChange(event) {
    const filesList: FileList = event.target.files;
    console.log("fileChange() -> filesList", filesList);
}

 C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\lib.dom.d.ts

{
    "lib": [
      "es2016",
      "dom"
    ]
  }
}

import { Component, OnInit, ViewChild, ElementRef } from "@angular/core";

export class UploadFileSimpleComponent implements OnInit {
  @ViewChild("screenshotInput") screenshotInput: ElementRef;

  submitForm(form: NgForm) {
    const fileInput: HTMLInputElement = this.screenshotInput.nativeElement;
    console.log("fileInput.files", fileInput.files);
  }

 >ng g s UploadFile/UploadFileSimple -m upload-file.module

import { Http, RequestOptions, Response, Headers } from "@angular/http";
import { Injectable } from "@angular/core";
import { Observable } from "rxjs/Observable";
import "rxjs/add/operator/do";
import "rxjs/add/operator/catch";
import "rxjs/add/observable/throw";
import "rxjs/add/operator/map";
import "rxjs/add/observable/of";

import { Ticket } from "./ticket";

@Injectable()
export class UploadFileSimpleService {
  private baseUrl = "api/SimpleUpload";

  constructor(private http: Http) {}

  private extractData(res: Response) {
    const body = res.json();
    return body || {};
  }

  private handleError(error: Response): Observable<any> {
    console.error("observable error: ", error);
    return Observable.throw(error.statusText);
  }

  postTicket(ticket: Ticket, filesList: FileList): Observable<any> {
    if (!filesList || filesList.length === 0) {
      return Observable.throw("Please select a file.");
    }

    const formData: FormData = new FormData();

    for (const key in ticket) {
      if (ticket.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
        formData.append(key, ticket[key]);
      }
    }

    for (let i = 0; i < filesList.length; i++) {
      formData.append(filesList[i].name, filesList[i]);
    }

    const headers = new Headers();
    headers.append("Accept", "application/json");
    const options = new RequestOptions({ headers: headers });

    return this.http
      .post(`${this.baseUrl}/SaveTicket`, formData, options)
      .map(this.extractData)
      .catch(this.handleError);
  }
}

  postTicket(ticket: Ticket, filesList: FileList): Observable<any> {
    const formData: FormData = new FormData();

    for (const key in ticket) {
      if (ticket.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
        formData.append(key, ticket[key]);
      }
    }

    for (let i = 0; i < filesList.length; i++) {
      formData.append(filesList[i].name, filesList[i]);
    }

    const headers = new Headers();
    headers.append("Accept", "application/json");
    const options = new RequestOptions({ headers: headers });

    return this.http
      .post(`${this.baseUrl}/SaveTicket`, formData, options)
      .map(this.extractData)
      .catch(this.handleError);

import { UploadFileSimpleService } from "./../upload-file-simple.service";

export class UploadFileSimpleComponent implements OnInit {
  constructor(private uploadService: UploadFileSimpleService  ) {}

  submitForm(form: NgForm) {
    const fileInput: HTMLInputElement = this.screenshotInput.nativeElement;
    console.log("fileInput.files", fileInput.files);

    this.uploadService
      .postTicket(this.model, fileInput.files)
      .subscribe(data => {
        console.log("success: ", data);
      });
  }

namespace AngularTemplateDrivenFormsLab.Models
{
    public class Ticket
    {
        public int Id { set; get; }
        public string Description { set; get; }
    }
}

using System.IO;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using AngularTemplateDrivenFormsLab.Models;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;

namespace AngularTemplateDrivenFormsLab.Controllers
{
    [Route("api/[controller]")]
    public class SimpleUploadController : Controller
    {
        private readonly IHostingEnvironment _environment;
        public SimpleUploadController(IHostingEnvironment environment)
        {
            _environment = environment;
        }

        [HttpPost("[action]")]
        public async Task<IActionResult> SaveTicket(Ticket ticket)
        {
            //TODO: save the ticket ... get id
            ticket.Id = 1001;

            var uploadsRootFolder = Path.Combine(_environment.WebRootPath, "uploads");
            if (!Directory.Exists(uploadsRootFolder))
            {
                Directory.CreateDirectory(uploadsRootFolder);
            }

            var files = Request.Form.Files;
            foreach (var file in files)
            {
                //TODO: do security checks ...!

                if (file == null || file.Length == 0)
                {
                    continue;
                }

                var filePath = Path.Combine(uploadsRootFolder, file.FileName);
                using (var fileStream = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Create))
                {
                    await file.CopyToAsync(fileStream).ConfigureAwait(false);
                }
            }

            return Created("", ticket);
        }
    }
}

 SaveTicket(Ticket ticket)

 formData.append(filesList[i].name, filesList[i]);

var files = Request.Form.Files;
foreach (var file in files)

CREATE FUNCTION dbo.checkPerson(@data XML)
RETURNS BIT WITH SCHEMABINDING AS
BEGIN
   RETURN @data.exist('/people/person')
END
GO

CREATE TABLE tblXML
(
id INT PRIMARY KEY,
doc XML CHECK(dbo.checkPerson(doc)=1)  
)
GO

 INSERT INTO tblXML (id,  doc) VALUES
(
 1, '<people><person name="Vahid"/></people>'
)

INSERT INTO tblXML (id,  doc) VALUES
(
 2, '<people><emp name="Vahid"/></people>'
)

 The INSERT statement conflicted with the CHECK constraint "CK__tblXML__doc__060DEAE8".
The conflict occurred in database "testdb", table "dbo.tblXML", column 'doc'.
The statement has been terminated.

 CREATE TABLE xml_tab
(
 id INT IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY,
 xml_col  XML
)

 INSERT INTO xml_tab
VALUES ('<people><person name="Vahid"/></people>')
INSERT INTO xml_tab
VALUES ('<people><person name="Farid"/></people>')

 CREATE FUNCTION getIdValue(@doc XML)
RETURNS int WITH SCHEMABINDING AS
BEGIN
  RETURN @doc.value('/*[1]/@Id', 'int')
END

 CREATE TABLE docs_tab
(
id INT PRIMARY KEY,
doc XML,
CONSTRAINT id_chk CHECK(dbo.getIdValue(doc)=id)  
)

 INSERT INTO docs_tab (id,  doc) VALUES
(
 1, '<Invoice Id="1"/>'
)

INSERT INTO docs_tab (id,  doc) VALUES
(
 2, '<Invoice Id="1"/>'
)

 The INSERT statement conflicted with the CHECK constraint "id_chk".
The conflict occurred in database "testdb", table "dbo.docs_tab".
The statement has been terminated.

 CREATE TABLE Invoices
(
 doc XML,
 id AS dbo.getIdValue(doc) PERSISTED PRIMARY KEY
)

 INSERT INTO Invoices VALUES
(
 '<Invoice Id="1"/>'
)
INSERT INTO Invoices VALUES
(
 '<Invoice Id="1"/>'
)

 Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'PK__Invoices__3213E83F145C0A3F'.
Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'dbo.Invoices'. The duplicate key value is (1).
The statement has been terminated.

 DECLARE @doc XML
SET @doc = '<foo bar="baz" />'
SELECT @doc.query('/foo/@bar')

 XQuery [query()]: Attribute may not appear outside of an element

 DECLARE @doc XML
SET @doc = '<foo bar="baz" />'
SELECT @doc.query('data(/foo/@bar)')

 DECLARE @x XML
SET @x = '<x>hello<y>world</y></x><x>again</x>'
SELECT @x.query('data(/*)')

 DECLARE @x XML
SET @x = '<x>hello<y>world</y></x><x>again</x>'
SELECT @x.query('string(/*)')

 XQuery [query()]: 'string()' requires a singleton (or empty sequence), found operand of type 'element(*,xdt:untyped) *'

 SELECT @x.query('string(/*[1])')

 SELECT @x.query('string(/)')

 DECLARE @x XML = '<age>12</age>'
SELECT @x.query('string(/age[1])')

 CREATE XML SCHEMA COLLECTION root_el AS
'<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
                  targetNamespace="urn:geo">
      <xs:element name="Root" type="xs:string" />    
</xs:schema>
'
GO

 DECLARE @xmlDoc XML
SET @xmlDoc = '<g:Root xmlns:g="urn:geo">datadata...</g:Root>'
SELECT @xmlDoc.query('
declare namespace g="urn:geo";
/g:Root/text()
')

 DECLARE @xmlDoc XML(root_el)
SET @xmlDoc = '<g:Root xmlns:g="urn:geo">datadata...</g:Root>'
SELECT @xmlDoc.query('
declare namespace g="urn:geo";
/g:Root[1]/text()
')

 XQuery [query()]: 'text()' is not supported on simple typed or 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#anyType'
elements, found 'element(g{urn:geo}:Root,xs:string) *'.

 DECLARE @xmlDoc XML(root_el)
SET @xmlDoc = '<g:Root xmlns:g="urn:geo">datadata...</g:Root>'
SELECT @xmlDoc.query('
declare namespace g="urn:geo";
data(/g:Root[1])
')

data(/age/text())

{
  "name": "string",
  "email": "string",
  "password": "string",
  "isAdmin": true,
  "id": 0
}

import http from "./httpService";
import { apiUrl } from "../config.json";

const apiEndpoint = apiUrl + "/users";

export function register(user) {
  return http.post(apiEndpoint, {
    email: user.username,
    password: user.password,
    name: user.name
  });
}

class RegisterForm extends Form {
  state = {
    data: { username: "", password: "", name: "" },
    errors: {}
  };

import * as userService from "../services/userService";

import { register } userService from "../services/userService";

  doSubmit = async () => {
    try {
      await userService.register(this.state.data);
    } catch (ex) {
      if (ex.response && ex.response.status === 400) {
        const errors = { ...this.state.errors }; // clone an object
        errors.username = ex.response.data;
        this.setState({ errors });
      }
    }
  };

{
  "email": "string",
  "password": "string"
}

var jwt = _tokenFactoryService.CreateAccessToken(user);
return Ok(new { access_token = jwt });

import { apiUrl } from "../config.json";
import http from "./httpService";

const apiEndpoint = apiUrl + "/auth";

export function login(email, password) {
  return http.post(apiEndpoint + "/login", { email, password });
}

import * as auth from "../services/authService";

class LoginForm extends Form {
  state = {
    data: { username: "", password: "" },
    errors: {}
  };

  // ...

  doSubmit = async () => {
    try {
      const { data } = this.state;
      const {
        data: { access_token }
      } = await auth.login(data.username, data.password);
      console.log("JWT", access_token);
      localStorage.setItem("token", access_token);
      this.props.history.push("/");
    } catch (ex) {
      if (ex.response && ex.response.status === 400) {
        const errors = { ...this.state.errors };
        errors.username = ex.response.data;
        this.setState({ errors });
      }
    }
  };

var jwt = _tokenFactoryService.CreateAccessToken(user);
this.Response.Headers.Add("x-auth-token", jwt);

const response = await userService.register(this.state.data);
console.log(response);

var jwt = _tokenFactoryService.CreateAccessToken(data);
this.Response.Headers.Add("x-auth-token", jwt);
this.Response.Headers.Add("access-control-expose-headers", "x-auth-token");

class RegisterForm extends Form {
  // ...

  doSubmit = async () => {
    try {
      const response = await userService.register(this.state.data);
      console.log(response);
      localStorage.setItem("token", response.headers["x-auth-token"]);
      this.props.history.push("/");
    } catch (ex) {
      if (ex.response && ex.response.status === 400) {
        const errors = { ...this.state.errors }; // clone an object
        errors.username = ex.response.data;
        this.setState({ errors });
      }
    }
  };

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