How to populate two tables in create method [asp.net mvc] - sql

Question

I have two tables in my database: referents and users.
Referents:
FirstName|LastName|Phone|Password|ConfirmPassword|UserName|Email
And
Users:
FirstName|LastName|UserRole|Password|ConfirmPassword|UserName
Currently Create method in my controler looks like:
// GET: Referents/Create
public ActionResult Create()
{
return View();
}
// POST: Referents/Create
[HttpPost]
[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
public ActionResult Create([Bind(Include = "ReferentID,FirstName,LastName,Phone,Email,Password,ConfirmPassword")] Referents referents)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
db.Referents.Add(referents);
db.SaveChanges();
return RedirectToAction("Index");
}
return View(referents);
}
Obvious, right now I'm populating only Referents.
How to also populate Users table with certain data (UserName, LastName, UserName) in the same time?
In UserRole column I want to write string "referent".
EDIT Added model:
Referents:
namespace StudentService.Models
{
public class Referents
{
[Key]
public int ReferentID { get; set; }
[Required(ErrorMessage = "Морате унети име!")]
public string FirstName { get; set; }
[Required(ErrorMessage = "Презиме је обавезно!")]
public string LastName { get; set; }
[Required(ErrorMessage = "Корисничко име је обавезно!")]
[Index(IsUnique = true)]
public string UserName { get; set; }
[Required(ErrorMessage = "Унесите исправан број телефона.")]
[DataType(DataType.PhoneNumber)]
public string Phone { get; set; }
[Required(ErrorMessage = "Унесите исправну адресу електронске поште.")]
[DataType(DataType.EmailAddress)]
public string Email { get; set; }
[Required(ErrorMessage = "Шифра је обавезна!")]
[DataType(DataType.Password)]
public string Password { get; set; }
[Compare("Password", ErrorMessage = "Морате потврдити лозинку!")]
[DataType(DataType.Password)]
public string ConfirmPassword { get; set; }
}
}

Answer 1

You need to create the item for users and add it your your database.
[HttpPost]
[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
public ActionResult Create([Bind(Include = "ReferentID,FirstName,LastName,Phone,Email,Password,ConfirmPassword")] Referents referents)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
// Create the user data for the current referent.
Users currentUser = new Users(){
FirstName = referents.FirstName,
UserRole = "referent"
// .... Finish initializing fields of your model.
};
db.Referents.Add(referents);
// Save the new user in your database.
db.Users.Add(currentUser);
db.SaveChanges();
return RedirectToAction("Index");
}
return View(referents);
}
Without seeing your model code it is hard to be specific, but you should be able to use that as an example. Just finish initializing the currentUser object to what you need it to be. It is possible this won't work depending on your schema.