How to disable automatic data binding to an ASP.NET page?

Question

How can I prevent an ASP.NET page from automatically binding data controls to a page? I want to improve performance, and I want to bind each data control based on my own order.

Answer 1

Simple, do not set data binding to controls in the constructor.

Then you will need to link the controls inside the code behind the part of the page with the code.

Answer 2

Not quite what the OP requested, but you can also cancel the Select operation on the Datasource control by adding an event handler to the Selecting event.

public void DataSource_Selecting(object sender, ObjectDataSourceSelectingEventArgs e)
{
    if (CancelSelect())
    {
        e.Cancel=true;
        return;
    }
}