Question

I know all the data source controls like LinqDataSource, ObjectDataSource etc.

They are cool but they are intended to be used in conjunction with a database.

I actually need a simple data source control that can work with a plain old List (That supports delete, update, select, insert of course).

I was thinking of using the objectdatasource but the select, update… methods are not present in the List<T>.

So is there such a control or do I have to roll my own? Should I inherit from the objectdatasource?

Answer 1

I made the control I was talking about. I created a custom control inheriting from ObjectDataSource and then added a property which sets a Static/Shared list as a internal datasource. It works quite nice. If someone’s interested contact me.