I use a template for myGeneration called lujan99. It works well but in the 99% of the time you will need to change the generated files by hand to reflect exactly what you want.
I recommend you to get also Resharper and the extension for nhibernate, it will help you a lot with your mappings. On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Anne Epstein <[email protected]> wrote: > To echo Gustavo, do consider trying to map by hand- I think you lose a > great opportunity for understanding if you use a tool to generate them for > you. I wrote a post on this a few weeks ago actually, here, it might be > worth a read if you're on the fence: > > http://devlicio.us/blogs/anne_epstein/archive/2008/12/29/the-benefits-of-writing-your-mapping-files-by-hand.aspx > > A > > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 6:26 AM, Gustavo Ringel > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> You already got Ayende's suggestions. >> You can think it as a dream at first. But if you are not very cautious of >> what you're doing and do not change a lot after importing...it will be a >> nightmare at last... >> >> My experience is that taking the time to do this on the go saves time in >> the long range. While generating seems to be a fast lane at the beginning >> but it costs you in things you don't know from where it come...and then >> massive changes... >> >> It's like tests in the correct places it's a little burden at the >> beginning but when you decide about refactoring, throwing implementations >> and bring new ones...it pays the work. >> >> Gustavo. >> >> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Kris-I <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> Is there a tools to generate mapping files for an existing database ? >>> >>> It's may be a dream ;-) >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nhusers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhusers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
