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.NET Object Relation mappers

TheServerSide.Net has a list of ORM tools.  Missing from their list (but posted by users in the feedback) is Gentle.NET and WilsonORMapper. I must say its quite a list ! No wonder Ted Neward calls ORM the "Vietnam" om .NET (huge amounts of work with little progress).

There's 2 things I want to say about ORM:

  • I think that a tool that generates a bunch of code is not a real ORM tool. If I wanted to generate code for data access I'd use CodeSmith and do the templates myself [In fact I've done this before and it was quite trivial]. So for me ORM is dynamically generated parameterized SQL.
  • Secondly, I choose nHibernate for those who'd like to know :) Brilliant tool. Take the time to learn it, you won't be disappointed. [The documentation for Hibernate, the java version, is very good, so I suggest you use that as a reference until nHibernate has their own.]
Published Nov 11 2004, 07:59 AM by eduard
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Stuart Gunter said:

Don't you want to post up links to things like nHibernate so we can look into them!

Thanks
November 11, 2004 9:43 AM
 

Eric Savage said:

Yeah, ORM is one of the big new things at the mo.  In fact, our company over in Pietermaritzburg have just launched a new ORM tool, Habanero Beta, just to add to the crowd.  It does many of the same things as Hibernate and others like Crainiate and LLBLGenPro, but we also add some support to map user interfaces, which like persistence is an area that still needs more work.  Would love to know what you think of Habanero (www.chillisoft.co.za/habanero).

July 27, 2007 11:58 AM

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