What .Net Developers Should Know about MS SQL and IIS

Summary In this post, I’m going to explain a couple techniques and tools that every developer should know.  If you are just graduating from college and you are looking for a .Net job, learn these simple techniques and advance your career.  If you’re a mid-level to advanced .Net developer and you don’t know these tools … Read moreWhat .Net Developers Should Know about MS SQL and IIS

Fluent NHibernate “Not Supported By” Exception

Summary So my company has successfully switched to using Fluent NHibernate for our production systems. So far the results are astounding. One thing our developers have learned is that there is no “perfect” ORM. Not yet anyway. Each seems to have a flaw or two. NHibernate has a couple of issues that can be worked … Read moreFluent NHibernate “Not Supported By” Exception

Fluent NHibernate: Removing a Relationship Connection From a Many-to-Many

In my last blog post I forgot to show how to disconnect a student from a class but leave both the student and the class records intact. So I quickly ninja’d something together to demonstrate how simple it is to perform this vital function. Here’s my code: First, I queried for the student I wished … Read moreFluent NHibernate: Removing a Relationship Connection From a Many-to-Many

Entity Framework 6 vs. NHibernate smackdown!

It’s time for a performance test between EF-6 and NHibernate.  Previously I did a smackdown between EF-6 and LINQ-to-SQL (see this article: Entity Framework 6 vs. LINQ-toSQL smackdown!).  This time I’m going to show the performance of inserts between EF-6 and NHibernate. I used the same tables and data as in the previous blog posting. … Read moreEntity Framework 6 vs. NHibernate smackdown!