Archives for August, 2010

Extending ASP.NET Dynamic Data: Filtering with Joins


ASP.NET Dynamic Data provides built-in capabilities for generating search screens based on columns of a single entity. Real-world applications are often required to provide more sophisticated search capabilities based on multiple related tables, such as searching for orders placed by customers in a particular state. This article discusses current architectural limitations of the framework and demonstrates how to implement join-based search capabilities in Dynamic Data applications.