This was developed for a classic ASP shop that comprised of mostly former COBOL/VSAM/CICS developers who relied on Design Time Controls way too much. First and foremost it was part of an effort to demonstrate that a recordset could be transformed to XML, which could then be bound to HTML. Later, the shopping cart became part of an effort to demonstrate that ASP.Net would make life better because XML would be easier.

As a consultant, I merely offer suggestions and examples of better ways. The client gets the final say in the choice of technologies. This was simply an educational tool using technology that was already paid for.