Thanks David that's very helpful.
On Apr 6, 10:43 am, David Driscoll <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
> I use Castle MonoRail, and Castle Active Record (which uses NHibernate).
> I initially used SQL Server as my database but I switched to using
> Postgresql.
> When I switched I didn't need to make any C# code changes, I only had to
> update
> my Active Record configuration section in my web.config file.
> Database flexibility is differently a great advantage to using an ORM.
> Nhibernate does allow calls to stored procedures.
> Visual Studio allows you to mix vb.net projects with c# project in your
> solution,
> so you use both in your solution. You have to pick either vb.net or c# at
> the project level though.
> So, if you choose you can have vb.net web project, and use the Castle Active
> Record C# project(s) in your solution.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 3:31 PM, novnov <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > This is really a scattershot question because I have little exposure
> > to ORMs and only vaguely formulated requirements.
>
> > Some background...I like postgresql a lot and also use sql server and
> > oracle. I/we are usually responsible for all of the parts of an app,
> > from the rdbms to the user interface. We do a lot on Windows with .net
> > (visual basic) but are getting exposure to flex on the interface side
> > of things. So far we've been able to keep clear of ORMs and code
> > generators.
>
> > A project is coming up which will need be be deployed against both
> > postgresql and oracle (different deploys). This may be forcing us to
> > use an ORM so that the interface is more independent of the rdbms.
>
> > Is NHibernate and maybe Castle Project Active Record a good solution
> > for our needs? The ORM would not have to be open source, ie we could
> > buy something. We want it to be as simple to pick up and use as
> > possible. We don't want to lose the ability to execute procs in
> > postgres and I'm worried that nhibernate has that limitation, as the
> > front page states that stored procedures are supported for sql server.
>
> > Finally, is Active Record ok with visual basic? Most if not all of the
> > examples are in C#.
>
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