VS2005 Data Controls

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I am relatively new to ASP.NET 2.0. I did not program in 1.1.

It seems as though the new Data Controls (drag and drop in Visual Studio)
have been a big imrovement, from what I've read.

In many instances, all I want to do is retreive a single value from the
database. I have been programming it manually using Connections and Commands
and Readers, but I was wondering if there is an easy way to retreive and
display a simple value using the new Data Controls.

Any comments would be helpful.

Thanks in advance!
Dan