evilmousse
Programmer
I'm working on some forms for a sqlserver asp.net webforms application.
These forms will deal with only one db record's information at a time.
It appears that only simple controls (combobox etc) and the all-powerful
datagrid control have binding and committal functionality.
Therefore I see my options as
a) use a datagrid. I believe I must disqualify this though, because the
number of fields are far beyond screen-length and I'm not displaying more
than one record. Hence, unless I can break a datagrid's normally tabular
display, I don't think this is the option.
b) implement my own transactional integrity accross standard textbox /
combobox controls. Using a dataset to prepopulate the controls,
strong data validation, and well-structured try-catch clauses & error
handling, issue my own sql insert/updates directly to the db.
Are there options available to me that I don't see? I'm honestly very
accustomed to MSAccess's binding controls to datasources, and I'm
kind of longing for them... Not that I can't code what I see needs to be
done in option b, I'd just rather save what work I can.
-evilme
