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External Lists in SP2010

External lists in Sharepoint 2010 can be used to read/add/update/delete data in any external data- source.

To create external list, a external content type has to be created.
Refer the below links on msdn on how to create external content type
How to create external content type
Creating SharePoint Server 2010 External Content Type Associations with SharePoint Designer 2010
Sharepoint-2010-external-content-type-to-read-data-from-sql-server-using-sql-authentication-and-secure-store-service.aspx

The below links explain on how to create external list
How to create external list
https://www.nothingbutsharepoint.com/sites/eusp/Pages/sharepoint-2010-external-lists.aspx

More about BCS functionality in msdn
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee557949.aspx




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