Hello everyone! Cerebrus, per your request, a new post has been made. I figured that was going to be a your request. :)
For everyone else, I had these questions come up from a different post about ObjectDataSources. http://www.theserverside.net/news/thread.tss?thread_id=29919 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms379547%28VS.80%29.aspx The main downfall I see happening with SqlDataSource seems to be the mixing of different layers. I suppose that's about a good enough reason to change control types for the sake of readability and debugging issues, as this goes with my original post anyhow. With that being said, are there any other issues I should be worried about when using the sqlDataSource object? Am I safe using them to bind dropdownlists for data display issues? Do they cause any connection or performance issues that seem to disappear with the use of an ObjectDataSource? Admittedly, I know nothing about the ObjectDataSource (and will be learning a lot about it shortly), but should I dispose of using sqlDataSources altogether? I ask these questions because I've heavily depended on the sqlDataSource for a lot of my tools since I've been programming, and for the most part, haven't had any issues, other than the occasional time out issues. Post away.
