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ObjectDataSource binds DataBound controls such as the GridView, DetailsView, and FormView controls to a component
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using System;
using System.Web.Configuration;
using System.Collections.Generic;
public class ProductCollection
{
public List<string> GetProducts()
{
List<string> products = new List<string>();
products.Add("A");
products.Add("B");
products.Add("C");
return products;
}
}
File: index.aspx
<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
<title>Show Product Collection</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:GridView
id="grdProducts"
DataSourceID="srcProducts"
Runat="server" />
<asp:ObjectDataSource
id="srcProducts"
TypeName="ProductCollection"
SelectMethod="GetProducts"
Runat="server" />
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
File: Web.config
<configuration>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="Products"
connectionString="Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;
AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|MyDatabase.mdf;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True" />
</connectionStrings>
</configuration>
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