Special Edition Using Microsoft Expression Web 2

Chapter 37. Accessing Data with ASP.NET

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• ASP.NET Data Source Controls

• Displaying Data with ASP.NET

• Editing Data with ASP.NET

• Troubleshooting

• Lagniappe: Creating a Master/Detail View

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ASP.NET Data Source Controls

The previous chapters on ASP.NET have shown how it’s possible to design some pretty impressive ASP.NET Web pages without writing any code. It might surprise you to know that you also can create some powerful data access pages in ASP.NET without writing any code. The functionality for doing so is encapsulated within the ASP.NET data source controls.

Note

ASP.NET data source controls are located in the Data section of the ASP.NET Controls Toolbox.

ASP.NET data source controls provide robust connectivity ...