To understand AJAX in ASP.NET, look at these entries:
http://www.nikhilk.net/Ajax-MVC.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/simonince/archive/2008/01/23/ajax-support-in-the-asp-net-m
vc-framework.aspx
(avoid wrap with http://tinyurl.com/2tww9f)
http://davidhayden.com/blog/dave/archive/2008/02/06/ASPNETMVCFrameworkAJAXjQuery
JavaScriptSerializerLINQ.aspx
(http://tinyurl.com/2sb8t9)
Not trying to talk you out of Microsoft MVC, by any means, but there is at
least one other MVC Framework (which supports AJAX):
http://www.codeplex.com/ProMesh

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