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Paging data is one of those basic things most, if not every developer will have to do from time to time.
In the following approach, we're going to use a ListView, DataPager and an ObjectDataSource to achieve this. Equally one can use a DataView and simply use it with an ObjectDataSource - I personally prefer the ListView, simply because I feel its a more flexible control.
Lets have a look at the ObjectDataSource first:
<asp:ObjectDataSource ID="obsFriends" runat="server"
SelectCountMethod="CountFriends"
SelectMethod="ViewFriends" TypeName="friends" EnablePaging="true">
</asp:ObjectDataSource>
Notice that we'll need a "SelectCountMethod", this method returns a count of the total rows that needs paging, the "SelectMethod" is the method that returns the actual rows.
