Ok... I'm set up with a asp 2. 0 server and a sql table. What is the minimum I need to bring back data to a web page?

1. I know I need a aspx page with the asp tags, etc.
2. Do I have to have a web.config file or any thing else?

Thanks

you don't "NEED" a web.config, but it's a handy place to store your connection string. The next thing you will need is some method(s) for retrieving data.

Try to keep your data retrieval seperate from your business logic. In other words, don't put your data retrieval methods IN the aspx page or in the code behind of that page, rather you will only call the method from a data layer that returns the data to the page.