Elder Hyde <no_way> wrote in news:eY**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl:
I was reading this interview with Hejlsberg, when suddenly the
conversation turned to O/R mapping. Hejlsberg talked as if he had had to
design an O/R mapping for .NET (he said ".NET had each one of
those"--"those" representing, among others, O/R mapping).
Probably I'm missing something really obvious, but a google search only
gave me commercial O/R mapping tool! Is there any free O/R mapping tool
that comes with .NET?
No, MS will include objectspaces in .NET 2.0, coming Q4 2004.
Instead of offering a generic platform ala EJB-CMP or JDO, it will include
a specific mapper for Sqlserver which is non-intrusive as well so you'll
have to write a lot of code yourself before you can use it in a lot of
scenario's (complex databinding for example).
At the moment you can check out commercial O/R mappers which offer
more functionality than Objectspaces will and a few Open source ones.
Neither of the open source mappers are really productive though, they all
require you to invest a lot of time in the mapping configuration and
maintenance which can be a pain...
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