Practical Tips for Updating and Displaying Data

• Always store your connection in Web.config
• Consider Add validation controls to your data entries.
• If you have long lists of data to present, always consider turning paging on  for controls like GridView.
• Consider renaming your controls in the page to something other than their default values.

What is the different between BoundField and TemplateField?

A BoundField is directly tied to a column in your data source and offers only limited ways to customize its apperance. The TemplateField on the other hand, gives you full control over the way the field is rendered.

Coming up: LINQ AND THE ADO.NET ENTITY FRAMEWORK.