mitchel, i have a question regarding the dal of dnn. i've been programming asp.net for a while and am used to coding data access via sqldatasource, coding directly in a function or in a web service. i began dnn about 6 months back. it has the dal/bll suggested setup. can you tell me what are the advantages/disadvantages to coding your data access via dal or web service or directly in code? i've been writing custom modules but i use either sqldatasource (for simple selects for example) or directly in a function or sub. thanks for your input and advice as i haven't really pursued using the dal setup in dnn as it seemed like so much more overhead so i'm wondering what is it's advantage? thanks in advance. MaryV |