[dba-VB] ADO.NET Entity Framework - to use or not?

Hi Robert,

Could you please give us/post here some stats on the application database you're using with ADO.NET Entity Framework?

Is it correct to assume that you do not use currently any stored procedures in your database and therefore no any stored procedures mappings to entities?

Thank you.

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Shamil

-----Original Message-----
From: "Robert L. Stewart" <robert at webedb.com>
To: dba-vb at databaseadvisors.com
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:45:00 -0500
Subject: Re: [dba-VB] ADO.NET Entity Framework - to use or not?

> I have used both nettiers and Entity Framework.
> 
> There are 3 of us that are creating commercial apps right now.
> One app is done in nettiers. The others are being built using
> Entity Framework.
> 
> The other thing is that we are also using C# and not VB on them.
> Not that that is an issue...
> 
> We are currently using the option to build it from the database
> and not even trying to build it in the designer. If your DB is
> done correctly with all the foreign key relationships setup,
> you will get a good entity model to work from.
> 
> The reason we stopped using nettiers was because it is a black
> box that we cannot control. Entity framework and Linq to Objects
> seemed to be the right way to go to keep everything internal
> and not use 3rd party black box software that generated a massive
> data layer. Although nettiers is a good product and worked well
> on the application is it being used for.
> 
>