Hour 14. Accessing Data with the Data Source Web Controls

In the preceding hour we examined what databases are, their internal structure, and their purpose. We looked at creating a database with SQL Server 2008 Express Edition and saw how to create database tables and populate them with data.

Often we will want to retrieve information from a database and display it in an ASP.NET page. ASP.NET provides a set of Web controls—called data source controls—that are designed specifically to ...

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