http://forums.asp.net/19.aspxAll about building ASP.NET server controls. <a href="http://aspadvice.com/SignUp/list.aspx?l=12&c=17" target="_blank">Email List</a>enCommunityServer 2007 SP1 (Build: 20510.895)http://forums.asp.net/thread/2274978.aspxThu, 03 Apr 2008 18:28:16 GMT4c671506-2930-414c-a40b-8bf57ded5924:2274978LKB0http://forums.asp.net/thread/2274978.aspxhttp://forums.asp.net/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=19&PostID=2274978<p>I&#39;m working on a suite of controls to be used for easy database communication.&nbsp; I&#39;ve got a master control that handles all the connection properties and command building and then I have a bunch of controls which inherit from standard web controls like TextBox and Label.&nbsp; The master control needs to be able to refer to the controls which it needs to build its select and update commands, but I&#39;m having trouble finding a way here that works.</p> <p>&nbsp;I&#39;ve tried having a collection of the controls, but the only way I can get this to work is if the master control handles all rendering.&nbsp; This doesn&#39;t work out so well because there are often a number of controls on a page that don&#39;t tie out to the database.&nbsp; Anything else results in copies of the controls in the list that don&#39;t update when the user enters values.</p> <p>I&#39;ve tried just keeping a list of the control IDs but I&#39;m having trouble getting a reliable reference to them from within the master class that way.</p> <p>&nbsp;Any suggestions on a better method?</p>