WebForms detailsview — are both Edit and Insert templates needed?

Question

This question would apply to a typical CRUD page allowing the user to ADD, and/or EDIT a specific record.

Question about WebForms DetailsView control (and possibly FormView and GridView) -- Do we really need to specify BOTH the Edit-template AND the Insert-template which are essentially the same? If not, which template should be designed/specified?

Your answer and comments are welcome. Thanks...J.

Answer 1

In my experience you don't have to specify either template. In fact the only time I even use templates is if I want to customize certain attributes that you can only do via a template. I typically use templates when I want to have RequiredFieldValidators. Otherwise I don't use them at all. But you certainly can have neither, either or both.

That being said, I do usually have Item, Insert and Edit templates when I do need the extra flexibility of templates. Seems more complete to me.