Data Controls

ASP.net2.0 Data Controls

ASP.net 2.0 offers two sets of controls that are specific to working with data. Controls are that are used to connect to the database (and read and write) and the controls that are used to display the data. Both ASP.net1 and classic ASP require lots of code to implement paging, sorting, editing and row-selection features. With ASP.net 2 this code can be significantly reduced to produce a data-filled grid with full paging, sorting, and editing features.

ASP.net 2 Data Controls can be divided into two main categories.

• DataSource Controls: Used to connect to database, reading and writing to the data base.
• Data-Bound Controls: used for displaying the data using different formats, such as tabular and hierarchical

Data-Bound Controls are explained in more details here: Data-Bound Controls