I currently have a pretty large form (85+ fields). Of course getting all this data on one page didn't make sense so I broke it up into 4 groups, and have a tab for each group. I'm using a table to align my elements which are server controls (see attached screenshot). Then I have custom methods for inserting and updating the data, which also do validation, any string or number manipulation, etc...
My problem now is I need to introduce more fields into the form. These new fields will come from a different database table, but I would like to have them on the same form. I will add about 100 + more fields (yes I know.. yikes!) and I will break them up into about 3 more tabs. My question is what is the best way to handle the updating, inserting, and selecting considering the new fields are coming from a different database table. Do I need to have a different datasource for each table? I'm currently using an ObjectDataSource with custom ...
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