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Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta & SQL Server 2008

Posted: Friday, May 09, 2008 3:30 PM by Barry Gervin | 2 Comments
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A quick heads up to let you know that VS 2008 Service Pack 1 is now available (links below). It typically takes a couple of months from this point before we'll see a final release. This Service Pack includes new cool feature: ADO.NET Entity Framework Read More...

The Entity Framework vs. The Data Access Layer (Part 1: The EF as a DAL)

Posted: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 11:06 PM by Barry Gervin | 4 Comments
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In Part 0: Introduction of this series after asking the question "Does the Entity Framework replace the need for a Data Access Layer?", I waxed lengthy about the qualities of a good data access layer. Since that time I've received a quite a Read More...

Entity Framework Links for April, 2008

Posted: Friday, May 02, 2008 12:10 PM by Barry Gervin | 0 Comments
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During the past month, Danny Simmons let us all officially know that SP1 of VS 2008/.NET Framework 3.5 will be the delivery mechanism for the Entity Framework and the Designer, and that we should see a beta of the entire SP1 very soon as well. No release Read More...

The Entity Framework vs. The Data Access Layer (Part 0: Introduction)

Posted: Sunday, April 27, 2008 10:20 PM by Barry Gervin | 3 Comments
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So the million dollar question is: Does the Entity Framework replace the need for a Data Access Layer? If not, what should my Data Access Layer look like if I want to take advantage of the Entity Framework? In this multi-part series, I hope to explore Read More...

Are we still talking about Stored Procedures vs. Dynamic SQL?

Posted: Sunday, March 26, 2006 2:05 PM by Barry Gervin | 5 Comments
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Rob Howard and Frans Bouma still are. And I guess, I am now too. Let's summarize a few of the facts from these counter points: Any form of pre-compilation or cached query plan arguments are moot betweem SQL and Procs. Rob has some outdated information Read More...

When is a database oriented as a service?

Posted: Friday, May 27, 2005 4:18 PM by Barry Gervin | 8 Comments
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Do you consider your database as a service? It's worthwhile to review the tenents of a service oriented architecture . The first two tenents above are probably the most relevant to my question. If you do all of your data access through stored procedures, Read More...