What are some good guidelines to follow when deciding whether or not to databind a control (for example, bind a combobox to a List)?
Are there situations where you should always or never databind a combobox?
How do you decide?
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What are some good guidelines to follow when deciding whether or not to databind a control (for example, bind a combobox to a List)?
Are there situations where you should always or never databind a combobox?
How do you decide?
I measure it by how much manipulation of the data and its presentation I will be doing.
If it’s light manipulation I’ll just bind it, or at most do OnRowDataBound.
If I’m extensivelty maipulating the data, I’ll spit it to a DataTable, manipulate it and Databind.
I always eventually databind() however.