2 Ways of Displaying Data from an SQL Server Database using ADO.NET. - ASP.NET tutorial

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This tutorial will show you how to bind a DataGrid to a simple XML file so you can display the values as rows and the tags as columns.

Microsoft is set to release an exciting upgrade to ASP later in 2000. This is a major upgrade unlike the minor changes from ASP 2.0 to 3.0. Unlike past upgrades, however, this one will not be painless. When they designed ASP+, Microsoft had to make the hard decision occasionally to break backward compatibility in the interest of improved functionality and features. Before embarking on the inevitable—and not painless—migration to ASP+, it's best to know what compatibility issues you'll have to deal with. This article covers Compatibility Issues, API changes, Semantic Changes, VB Language Changes, and more.

We will create a custom dropdown conrol using a datasource. This code provides us to fill a dropdrown list using a datasource. This code also displays us ASP.NET is easier than classical ASP to generate custom controls.

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This tutorial covers one option for including a common header and footer into your HTML pages without having to modify the html page itself. Technologies used are the System.XML, System.Net, and System.IO .Net classes.