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-inspired

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framework from

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, shipped as an extension to ASP.NET, that can be used to build data-driven web applications. It exposes tables in a

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by encoding it in the

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of the ASP.NET web service, and the data in the table is automatically rendered to

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. The process of rendering can be controlled using custom design

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s. Internally, it discovers the

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by using the database metadata.ASP.Net Dynamic Data - DotNetFunda.com
/ref> ASP.NET Dynamic Data was originally shipped as part of the "ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions" package in 2007, and was incorporated into the

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3.5 Service Pack 1, which was released August 11, 2008.

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ASP.NET Dynamic Data IntroductionASP.NET Extensions Preview

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