Conclusion
Starting with ASP.NET 2.0, the developer's toolbox for data-binding operations is definitely richer and more complete than in previous versions. You not only have a new and radically revised grid control, but you also have two other controls to manage views of a single record. There's nothing like this in ASP.NET 1.x.
The DetailsView and FormView controls are two sides of the same coin. Both offer a user interface to see the contents of a single record. In both cases, the user interface is largely customizable and associated with predefined data operations such as delete, update, and insert. Bound to a data source control, both DetailsView and FormView can manage an underlying data source effectively without forcing developers to write ...
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