Check out this tutorial ( http://www.asp.net/QuickStart/aspnet/do ... sview.aspx ).

In the detailview page there is something like

<asp:DetailsView ID="DetailsView1" Runat="server" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1" AutoGenerateRows="False"
HeaderText="Books for Author" AllowPaging="True">
<Fields>
<asp:BoundField HeaderText="au_id" DataField="au_id" SortExpression="au_id" />
<asp:BoundField HeaderText="title_id" DataField="title_id" SortExpression="title_id" />
<asp:BoundField HeaderText="title" DataField="title" SortExpression="title" />
<asp:BoundField HeaderText="type" DataField="type" SortExpression="type" />
<asp:BoundField HeaderText="price" DataField="price" SortExpression="price" />
<asp:BoundField HeaderText="notes" DataField="notes" SortExpression="notes" />
</Fields>
</asp:DetailsView>
<asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource1" Runat="server" SelectCommand="SELECT dbo.authors.au_id, dbo.titles.title_id, dbo.titles.title, dbo.titles.type, dbo.titles.price, dbo.titles.notes FROM dbo.authors INNER JOIN dbo.titleauthor ON dbo.authors.au_id = dbo.titleauthor.au_id INNER JOIN dbo.titles ON dbo.titleauthor.title_id = dbo.titles.title_id WHERE (dbo.authors.au_id = @au_id)"

ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:Pubs %>">
<SelectParameters>
<asp:QueryStringParameter Name="au_id" DefaultValue="213-46-8915" QueryStringField="ID" />
</SelectParameters>
</asp:SqlDataSource>



that's cool, but if I'm using NHibernate, how can I achieve the same result since I don't want to use the connection string / Sql Select statement ? Any idea ?

you have to replace the SqlDataSource control with an ObjectDataSource.

cheers,
radu

great!

and let's say I have a class Address and a class Client that has an Address type property..

is there any way to use a DetailsView to display a Client with his address as well as edit both ?

Thanks for the quick reply :)

I don't think the out of the box ObjectDataSource can bind against nested class properties, at least not editable ones. The best way to go would be to write a custom datasource, or use a workaround as shown here:

http://forums.asp.net/974170/ShowPost.aspx

Thanks.. the asp.net solution seems pretty easy :)

I think I'll give a shot a custom data source obj.. anyways !

thanks