1) In your controller, query all of the records from the database using LINQ to SQL and pass the data to the view:
AppsDataContext appsdata = new AppsDataContext();
var all_apps = from a in appsdata.apps select a;
ViewData["apps"] = all_apps;
return View();
2) In your view, iterate through the apps, make sure to cast the ViewData value as System.Linq.IQueryable, put the data into a html table
<table border=”1″>
<tr><td><b>First Name</b></td><td><b>Last Name</b></td></tr>
<% foreach (var a in (System.Linq.IQueryable)ViewData["apps"]) %>
<% { %>
<tr>
<td><%= ((Models.app)a).firstname1 %></td> <td><%= ((Models.app)a).lastname2 %> </td>
</tr>
<% } %>
</table>
3) style your html table as you like and add links where needed to get whatever traditional datagrid functionality you desire.
