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Hi.

Why is it practical to have the ASP.NET navigation controls based on
XML? I would love to just use databinding and then be able to
dynamically update the navgiation menu (e.g. for a product list).

I tried to use a dropdownlist with hyperlinks for navigation (not the
main navigation -- a navigation subset) and even a listbox, but found
it very cumbersome.

The way I figure it now, is that I have to pull the data over from Sql
Server, convert it to XML, reformat into the appropriate nodes, and the
then populate the navigaiton control..

Is there an easier way to do this? What am I missing??

Thanks in advance!
-Ranginald

This SQL Site Map data source
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/is...02/WickedCode/

"" wrote:

> Hi.
>
> Why is it practical to have the ASP.NET navigation controls based on
> XML? I would love to just use databinding and then be able to
> dynamically update the navgiation menu (e.g. for a product list).
>
> I tried to use a dropdownlist with hyperlinks for navigation (not the
> main navigation -- a navigation subset) and even a listbox, but found
> it very cumbersome.
>
> The way I figure it now, is that I have to pull the data over from Sql
> Server, convert it to XML, reformat into the appropriate nodes, and the
> then populate the navigaiton control..
>
> Is there an easier way to do this? What am I missing??
>
> Thanks in advance!
> -Ranginald
>
>

Fantastic!
Thanks!