Using The LINQDataSource
There is a new datasource control available in Visual Studio that works in much the same way as the SQLDataSource and the ObjectDataSource. While I would argue that the LinqDataSource is better than the SqlDataSource, I’m not yet ready to say that it is better than the ObjectDataSource. And, until I do a bit more experimenting with this new control, I’ll probably still use the ObjectDataSource.
< p>However, there are some of you who are probably using the SqlDataSource who should probably move to the LinqDataSource ASAP. Here’s the basics of how you use this new control.
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