I had ODT installed but I wasn't using the ODP.NET driver. So now I can use the VS dialog boxes and it generated proper Oracle SQL. So that is a big plus. Unfortunately, now I can't drag and drop a table onto a form. It just doesn't do anything when I try. I have to drag a GridView and SqlDataSource myself. And even when I do this, it doesn't generate all the commands (DeleteCommand, InsertCommand, SelectCommand, UpdateCommand) and all the parameters (DeleteParameters, InsertParameters, UpdateParameters) like on page 446. I have to code that manually.

It still does not handle bind variables. When creating the WHERE clause, it still produces:

WHERE GENREID = ?

So when I manually fix the SQL, it is considered custom SQL now. So for the TRY IT OUT exercise on page 460 (and now for all the future exercises that need this) I can't use the Fields editor to customize fields for the GridView.

GOOD AND NICE

GOOD AND NICE? Huh?