ASP.NET 4 Unleashed

Summary

In this chapter, you learned how to use the ObjectDataSource control to represent different types of objects. In the first section, you were provided with sample code that demonstrated how you can use the ObjectDataSource control to represent a collection, DataReader, DataSet, a LINQ to SQL query, and a web service.

We also discussed how you can use the ObjectDataSource control to page, sort, and filter data. You learned how to implement both user interface paging and data source paging, which enables you to efficiently work with very large sets of records.

Next, we examined how you can handle ObjectDataSource control events. You learned how to add and modify the parameters represented by the ObjectDataSource control. You also learned ...