Does DAL refuse Data-Binding approach? In other words can it be used when one wants a GUI control (as opposed to developer's SQL code) to take care about SELECT / UPDATE / INSERT / DELETE?

I am having problems with an old application relying heavily on data binding. It needs to migrate to .NET. The database gradually became pretty ugly during its many-years lifetime.

I'd love to create / use a DAL approach which seems to be the only way to maintain the application's being up and running while "remodeling" is being in progress. But...

What about the first question in this post please?