ASP.NET 3.5 Unleashed

Chapter 16. Using the ObjectDataSource Control

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IN THIS CHAPTER

• Representing Objects with the ObjectDataSource Control

• Using Parameters with the ObjectDataSource Control

• Paging, Sorting, and Filtering Data with the ObjectDataSource Control

• Handling ObjectDataSource Control Events

• Concurrency and the ObjectDataSource Control

• Extending the ObjectDataSource Control

• Summary

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The ObjectDataSource control enables you to bind DataBound controls such as the GridView, DetailsView, and FormView controls to a component. You can use the ObjectDataSource control to easily build multi-tier applications with the ASP.NET Framework. Unlike the SqlDataSource control, which mixes data access logic in the User Interface Layer, the ObjectDataSource control ...