ASP.NET 2.0 C# Admin page can decide which products are to be displayed?

Question

My website that sells products one page is called dvd.aspx which, using a sproc, displays all the dvds in my database with the "type=dvd". I have some admin pages in an admin folder where i can add new product, edit existing products but i need to let the admin decide which items to display, would anyone have any advice on how to go about this, do i need to create a page in admin folder for this or maybe edit code behind dvd.aspx page? Any kind of advice is welcome, Thank you

Answer 1

Create new column in you table called somehing like "ToShow" and make it a bit type, edit your dvd.aspx to show items with type=dvd and ToShow=true.

Create admin page, add GridView with the option to change ToShow property. That way admin can select items to show.

Just a friendly advice,move to .net 4.0 and you can use some Object-relational mapper like Linq to Sql,NHibernate or Entity Framework, it would make your life a lot easier!

Answer 2

A flag on the product which indicates if it should be displayed. The admin can then adjust the flag to determine if it should be selected by your sproc.