Working with Data
If you want to work with data (like from a database) instead of content (which are data items assigned to one instance) you need to get it from somewhere and then loop through it. Typical data comes from:
- the current App, using
App.Data[...]
- a query in the App, using
App.Query[...]
- a SQL database - either through an
App.Query, from a DataSource or from a SqlReader
- a CSV file - either through an
App.Query, from a DataSource or from your own code
- DNN objects like the users - either through an
App.Query, from a DataSource, from DNN-objects or from your own code
- a JSON or XML file - usually loaded from your own code
- a WebService - usually loaded from your own code
Once you have the data, you will usually want to loop-and-show, which is easiest using dynamic objects, so you can just type things like @Content.FirstName to show the properties.