I didn't mean to hit you hard; I just wanted to give you advice about getting the most out of .NET.

Anyway, you can use a DetailsView or a FormView control for this; both are meant to display a single record at the time (although they support paging as well.

http://quickstarts.asp.net/QuickStar...tailsview.aspx
http://quickstarts.asp.net/QuickStar.../formview.aspx

Cheers,

Imar
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Imar Spaanjaars
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I know i diden't mean to hit me hard ;) just a joke.

do i need
<asp:AccessDataSource runat="server"></asp:AccessDataSource>
or
<asp:ObjectDataSource runat="server"></asp:ObjectDataSource>
fore my Access database !?

The ObjectDataSource works with .NET objects only; you need classes in your App_Code folder, Bin folder, or standard .NET classes for this control to work.

The AccessDataSource control is for quick access to an Access database, although you could also use the SqlDataSource control.

Imar
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Imar Spaanjaars
http://Imar.Spaanjaars.Com
Everyone is unique, except for me.
Author of ASP.NET 2.0 Instant Results and Beginning Dreamweaver MX / MX 2004
While typing this post, I was listening to: Vork by Opgezwolle (Track 12 from the album: Vloeistof) What's This?

okay so i can still use this from my web.config
<appSettings>
    <add key="ConnStr" value="Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:/WEB/webdesign/net/site/App_Data/DSNbase.mdb" />
</appSettings>

and then i can use something like:
<asp:Content ID="Main" ContentPlaceHolderID="ContentPlaceHolderMain" Runat="Server">
    <asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource1" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:ConnStr %>"
    SelectCommand="SELECT [MainID], [MainText] FROM [MainText] WHERE ([MainID] = @MainID)">
</asp:SqlDataSource>
    <asp:FormView ID="FormView1" runat="server" DataSource="SqlDataSource1">
    </asp:FormView>
</asp:Content>

or it that wrong !?

Why don't you try it out and see if it works?

Imar
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Imar Spaanjaars
http://Imar.Spaanjaars.Com
Everyone is unique, except for me.
Author of ASP.NET 2.0 Instant Results and Beginning Dreamweaver MX / MX 2004
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