Chapter 14. Basic Data Binding in Web Forms

After completing this chapter, you will be able to:

  • Simple-bind standard controls in various ways.

  • Complex-bind data controls to ADO.NET objects.

  • Maintain the state of ADO.NET objects at the server and on the page.

  • Implement data navigation on an ASP.NET page.

  • Update a data source from simple-bound controls.

In the previous chapters, we examined the Microsoft ADO.NET object model by using examples in Windows Forms. In this chapter we'll examine data binding in Microsoft ASP.NET and Web Forms.

Understanding Data Binding in Web Forms

As part of the Microsoft .NET Framework, ADO.NET is independent of any application in which it is deployed, whether it's a Windows Form, as in the exercises in the previous chapters, ...

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