? Place the contents of a database field on a page w/o being in a grid, view, etc

[markpringle]

ASP.NET 3.5 C#
I very simply want to place the contents of a database field anywhere on a page without adding a bulky gridview, listview, formview, etc on a page? Is this possible? With classic asp you could just do this...

<%=(recordsetname.Fields.Item("databasefield").Value)%>

[Curtis Rutland]

Well, what I like to do is use a Label, and then use my codebehind to select data and then assign said data to the Label's text.

If you don't know how to use a database in your .NET program codebehind, we have two articles in the Howtos section that you should read.

Once you understand the concepts in those articles, you can easily apply data from a database to Label, Literal and TextBox controls (as well as many others.)

[markpringle]

Well, what I like to do is use a Label, and then use my codebehind to select data and then assign said data to the Label's text.

If you don't know how to use a database in your .NET program codebehind, we have two articles in the Howtos section that you should read.

Once you understand the concepts in those articles, you can easily apply data from a database to Label, Literal and TextBox controls (as well as many others.)

Can you provide the link to the two articles? I've alwayed used the sqldatasource control to select data and use on a page. I've never selected data in code to use on a page - only accessed data in code to update or delete.

[Curtis Rutland]

Sure.

http://bytes.com/forum/thread635615.html
http://bytes.com/forum/thread817960.html