How to edit an Item in Code Behind (Sitecore v6.5) – 5

Sitecore will throw exception when editing an item if the item is not in editing mode. 

There are two ways where you can put an item in editing mode.

1.       Sitecore.Data.Items.ItemEditing

2.       Sitecore.Data.Items.EditContext

Scenario	Sitecore.Data.Items.ItemEditing	Sitecore.Data.Items.EditContext
To begin editing	Item.Editing.BeginEdit()	Using(new Sitecore.Data.Items.EditContext(item))
To Commit/End Changes	Item.Editing.EndEdit()	If previous statement passes, automatically item changes will be committed.
To Cancel Edit	Item.Editing.CancelEdit()	If previous statement fails, automatically item changes will be rolled back.

1.       Sitecore.Data.Items.ItemEditing

Unless and until, we call EndEdit() or CancelEdit(), Sitecore does not commit the changes.

            //Getting Master Database

            Sitecore.Data.Database masterDB = Sitecore.Configuration.Factory.GetDatabase("master");

            //Getting a Sitecore Item

            Sitecore.Data.Items.Item home = masterDB.GetItem("/sitecore/content/Home");

            //Begin Editing Sitecore Item

            home.Editing.BeginEdit();

            try

            {

                home["Title"] = "Title from Code";

                //Commit the changes

                home.Editing.EndEdit();

            }

            catch (Exception)

            {

                //Revert the Changes

                home.Editing.CancelEdit();

            }

2.       Sitecore.Data.Items.EditContext

Closure of Using in EditContext will implicitly commit any changes within that segment of code and also calls dispose().

            //Getting Master Database

            Sitecore.Data.Database masterDB = Sitecore.Configuration.Factory.GetDatabase("master");

            //Getting a Sitecore Item

            Sitecore.Data.Items.Item home = masterDB.GetItem("/sitecore/content/Home");

            //Using EditContext to edit an Item

            using (new Sitecore.Data.Items.EditContext(home))

            {

                home["Text"] = "Modified Text from Code";

            }