Hey Erik, I've been playing with the hibernate implementation since the first series of closed betas, it's pretty solid.
However... That being said, it is new and even more so, it's a new tool set you and your team will need to learn. In deciding if it's a right decision for you, the biggest question is, how important is this new project and how much risk are you willing to put on the new project? It could work out wonderfully and save you months of time developing the project, OR if not implemented correctly or if ORM isn't appropriate for the project (it isn't a good choice for EVERY project, such as bulk import) it could kill your project, or at the very least cost you a lot of time in re-implementing the project without Hibernate. If this is a new internal tool and you have a lot of latitude in how long it takes to develop and your company is willing to take on some risk then I'd say go for it. Hibernate or ORM in general is an amazing technology that CAN make our lives a lot easier. If this is mission critical with tight timelines and budgets, it's probably not the right time to try a new technology. To be fair, this is also true of moving into most new technologies, not just ORM. You have to weigh the risk involved in learning something new against the value of the project itself. =] -- Alan Rother Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX 7 Developer Manager, Phoenix Cold Fusion User Group, AZCFUG.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:328317 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
