Chapter 4. Data Access
Data access is one of the most common tasks that you'relikely to perform when you write web applications. This is made
evident by the number of new data controls that ship with Visual
Studio 2005. Most visible in ASP.NET 2.0 is the new
GridView
control, which is a much improved version of the venerable DataGrid
control (the older DataGrid control is still supported in ASP.NET
2.0, though). In addition, ASP.NET 2.0 ships with several new data
source controls that make it easier to consume a variety of data
sources.