Everyexample on the http://ajax.asp.net site points to using an objectdatasource or something like it to be able to have a gridview page,edit,sort etc. inside an update panel - now I can not find any examples where a GridView is wired up to something like a DAL so I wondered if it would be possible to wire up a ObjectDataSource in code to the DAL or better the DAL+ in DNN.

Now I would like to not have to add this extra control but I dont seem to be smart enough to figure out how to do it anyother way (maybe a webservice?) not sure here so could someone present some great ideas - or even bad ones

I have tried to do something like this

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 Dim colCodegalaxy_Classifiedss As List(Of Codegalaxy_Classifieds_Category_Info)
            ' get the content from the Codegalaxy_Classifieds table
            colCodegalaxy_Classifiedss = Codegalaxy_Classifieds_Admin_Controller.Codegalaxy_Classifieds_Admin_CategoryList(PortalId)

I have an ObjectDataSource control wired to the DAL+ in my tutorial here:

Super-Fast Super-Easy Module (DAL+)

You will want to look at the tutorial because it explains how to insert the current ModuleId.

<asp:ObjectDataSource ID="ObjectDataSource_ThingsForSale" runat="server" DataObjectTypeName="YourCompany.Modules.ThingsForSale.ThingsForSaleInfo"
DeleteMethod="ThingsForSale_Delete" InsertMethod="ThingsForSale_Insert" OldValuesParameterFormatString="original_{0}"
OnInit="Page_Load" SelectMethod="ThingsForSale_SelectAll" TypeName="YourCompany.Modules.ThingsForSale.ThingsForSaleController"
UpdateMethod="ThingsForSale_Update">
<SelectParameters>
<asp:Parameter DefaultValue="00" Name="ModuleId" Type="Int32" />
</SelectParameters>
</asp:ObjectDataSource>

<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" AllowPaging="True" AutoGenerateColumns="False"
DataSourceID="ObjectDataSource_ThingsForSale" DataKeyNames="ID,UserID,ModuleId" CellPadding="4" CellSpacing="1" EnableViewState="False">
<Columns>
<asp:CommandField ShowDeleteButton="True" ShowEditButton="True" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="UserID" HeaderText="UserID" SortExpression="UserID" Visible="False" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="ModuleId" HeaderText="ModuleId" SortExpression="ModuleId" Visible="False" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="ID" HeaderText="ID" SortExpression="ID" Visible="False" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="Category" HeaderText="Category" SortExpression="Category" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="Price" HeaderText="Price" SortExpression="Price" DataFormatString="{0:c}" HtmlEncode="False" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="Description" HeaderText="Description" SortExpression="Description" />
</Columns>
<EmptyDataTemplate>
There are no Things 4 Sale
</EmptyDataTemplate>
</asp:GridView>