ASP.NET - all it's cracked up to be? (Trying to keep an open mind)

I've been using ASP.NET 2.0 for a couple of weeks, having come from using Classic ASP.

Probably like many, I was initially very impressed with the ease of using controls such as FormView, Repeater and FileUpload.

However, after a couple of weeks trying to put ASP.NET to some practical use, I've come to the conclusion that it's great for simple requirements. As soon as you need to do something a little bit more advanced, it doesn't appear to be the time-and-effort saviour that it appeared to be initially. My experience so far seems to be that for the most part, you need to disregard the nice easy-to-use web controls and revert to doing something manually the old fashioned way in code - something I was hoping to largely leave behind with Classic ASP!

I'd like to share a couple of challenges I've faced over the last few days that have got me wondering whether I should bother. I'd appreciate an insight from those with experience a ...