Chapter 16. Using the QueryExtender Control

One of ASP.NET’s great strengths is the near infinite number of ways in which you can populate your pages with data. Although there have always been low-level options available such as ADO.NET, in recent years it has become more popular to use Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) tools, dynamic data tools, and other abstractions. Most of these abstractions work either at the code-behind level or within other Assemblies.

This chapter introduces you to the QueryExtender control that enables you to modify standard ASP.NET declarative data ...

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