Datasheet

Reading and Displaying Data with ASP.NET

Now that you have set up VWD and SQL Server Express, and have seen some of the features that allow

you to access data, this chapter concludes by showing you just how quickly and easily you can build an

ASP.NET page that uses the values stored in a database. The task is to create a list of the types of pizza

and drinks available from Pizza Pretty Quick (PPQ), by extracting and displaying values from the

MenuItems table in the database.

1. Start VWD so that the Start Page is displayed (see Figure 1-21), and click the link to Open a Web

Site. Alternatively, you can select Open Web Site from the File menu.

Figure 1-21: Start Page

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