Chapter 27. Securing a Web Site and Accessing Data with Web Forms

After completing this chapter, you will be able to:

  • Secure access to a Web site by using ASP.NET Login controls and Forms-based authentication.

  • Create Web Forms that present data from a database using a GridView control.

  • Update a database from a Web form.

  • Build Web applications that need to display potentially large volumes of data while minimizing resource use.

In the previous two chapters, you saw how to build a Web site that allowed the user to enter information and validate the data that was entered. In this chapter, you’ll learn about creating applications that display data from a database and update the database with any changes made by the user. You will see how to do this in ...

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