ObjectDataSource

[abinsmuhammah]

what is "ObjectDataSource" in c#?

[SammyB]

what is "ObjectDataSource" in c#?

It represents a business object that provides data to data-bound controls in multi-tier Web application architectures. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...cx(vs.80).aspx. For an example, see http://quickstarts.asp.net/QuickStar...atasource.aspx and http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms227562.aspx

[TRScheel]

what is "ObjectDataSource" in c#?

Very powerful object if used well... You can tie it to a static class such as:


[DataObject]
public static MyDataSourceClass
{
[DataObjectMethod(Insert)]
public static void Insert(object obj)

[DataObjectMethod(Delete)]
etc...
}

and have that static class return/modify a seperate collection of custom objects. I have used it a lot of times to create in code databases that just need to instantiated for the user then destroyed and not persisted. Most recently I have used it for search options... it didnt need to be saved, just persist across whatever the user was doing. And using a static class allowed every page to alter the information if need be without the use of 100 session/cookie variables.