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uid: web-forms/videos/aspnet-ajax/use-aspnet-ajax-cascading-drop-down-control-to-access-a-database
title: "Use ASP.NET AJAX Cascading Drop Down Control to Access a Database | Microsoft Docs"
author: JoeStagner
description: "This video demonstrates how ASP.NET's standard DropDownList can become AJAX-enabled using the CascadingDropDown control extender from the ASP.NET AJAX Contro..."
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ms.date: 03/13/2008
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Use ASP.NET AJAX Cascading Drop Down Control to Access a Database
====================
by [Joe Stagner](https://github.com/JoeStagner)

This video demonstrates how ASP.NET's standard DropDownList can become AJAX-enabled using the CascadingDropDown control extender from the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit. You will also see how easy it is for a web form to draw data from a Database.

[▶ Watch video (32 minutes)](https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ASP-NET-Site-Videos/use-aspnet-ajax-cascading-drop-down-control-to-access-a-database)

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