// Returns a collection of NorthwindEmployee objects.
public static ICollection GetAllEmployees () {
  ArrayList al = new ArrayList();

  ConnectionStringSettings cts = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["NorthwindConnection"];

  SqlDataSource sds
    = new SqlDataSource(cts.ConnectionString, "SELECT EmployeeID FROM Employees");

  try {

    IEnumerable IDs = sds.Select(DataSourceSelectArguments.Empty);

    // Iterate through the Enumeration and create a
    // NorthwindEmployee object for each ID.
    foreach (DataRowView row in IDs) {
      string id = row["EmployeeID"].ToString();
      NorthwindEmployee nwe = new NorthwindEmployee(id);
      // Add the NorthwindEmployee object to the collection.
      al.Add(nwe);
    }
  }
  finally {
    // If anything strange happens, clean up.
    sds.Dispose();
  }

  return al;
}