EntityDataSource Control Basics

Data Source controls can be used to connect to and retrieve data from various types of data sources without the need to write code to perform such operations. The EntityDataSource control helps you to create data driven applications quickly and easily, and to perform Create Delete Update Delete (CRUD) operations on data based on an Entity Data Model. This article briefly introduces ADO.NET Entity Framework, and provides an example of using the EntityDataSource control in Entity Framework 4 to retrieve and bind data to data controls.