As an example of the sort of thing we can look forward to in ASP.NET 2.0, consider the DataGrid component we looked at a few chapters ago. In ASP 2.0, there are two completely new controls that you can use on web pages that take the DataGrid idea and run with it: the GridView control and the DetailsView control. You use the GridView control when working with a set of database records. The DetailsView control is used when working with individual records. Strictly speaking, the GridView control is the successor to the DataGrid control. You'll find that you can use the GridView control in ASP.NET 2.0 to create programs without writing any code. For example, a GridView control will automatically create a column for each database column represented in the data source that it displays.

And this is, believe me, just scratching the surface. So get in sync with ASP.NET to be in the best position to take advantage of the new features soon to come!

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