Category: <span>NHibernate</span>

Entity Framework – So close, but yet so far!

Posted on May 14, 2012 by in Databases, NHibernate

I decided to revisit Entity Framework for a project I’m working on.  It’s been a while since the last time I gave EF a fair shake (way back when it was first released).  I can sum up my impressions of the 4.5 version with a single word: disappointing.  EF has come a very long way…

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Data Access in Fail Tracker–Row-Level Security with LINQ to NHibernate

Posted on September 3, 2011 by in Fail Tracker, NHibernate

This is the third and probably final post about how data access is performed in Fail Tracker.  I’ve previously shown you the basics of how its repository-pattern based approach and how a shared base SpecsFor test fixture is leveraged to simplify testing.  In this post, I’ll show you how the decorator pattern is employed to…

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Data Access in Fail Tracker

Posted on August 2, 2011 by in Fail Tracker, NHibernate

This is going to be the first in a series of short posts on how data access is handled in Fail Tracker.  Future posts will get into how the strategy works with unit testing as well as how advanced topics, such as row-level security, are handled.  Read on to find out how Fail Tracker utilizes…

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Getting Started with NHibernate 3 and SQL Compact

Posted on July 24, 2011 by in NHibernate

There are many posts on the web about how easy it is to get started with Microsoft’s Entity Framework and SQL Server Compact Edition (SQL CE).  This combination seems to be all the rage thanks to EF’s new “Code First” approach introduced in version 4.1.  While I am impressed with the latest version of Entity…

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Verifying NHibernate Entities Contain Only Virtual Members

Posted on June 28, 2011 by in NHibernate

One requirement that NHibernate imposes on your object model is that all public members must be virtual in order to support lazy loading.  I got really tired of getting a yellow-screen-of-death while working on Fail Tracker every time I added a new member to my domain and forgot to mark it as virtual.  So, I…

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My “NHibernate.Search and Lucene.NET” Presentation from CodeStock 2010

Posted on June 27, 2010 by in Lucene, NHibernate, SQL-1

CodeStock 2010 is over. I had a good time, talked with lots of cool people, and attended some great sessions.  Though I had to miss day 1 due to commitments for my new job at TrackAbout, I was able to attend and present on day 2.  I’d like to thank everyone that attended my presentation,…

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