Debugging ASP.NET

Data-Bound Controls

You can bind data to a limited number of controls, but we will focus on some of the more common controls, including the data grid, the data list, and a few others. Let’s start out by taking a closer look at these data-bound controls and where you might have problems.

The Data Grid Control

The data grid control is a great new addition to the tool box. This control enables you to create a spreadsheet-like page of data and then manipulate the data as you need to. Listings 10.1 and 10.2 show a simple data grid control in C# and Visual Basic .NET. Then we’ll identify some areas where you might need to implement some debugging techniques.

Listing 10.1. Simple Data Grid Control (C#)

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