[Solved] New to ORM

[John S.]

Hello,

I have tried using OpenAccess ORM on a new website; however, after a few hours I quit using it because everything that seemed like it should be easy turned into a problem. I think I am missing something. Is this a common experience. By the way, from what I read this is NOT as easy with a web site as a Win App....is that true.

Thanks,
John

[Serge]

Hello John S.,

 First of all I am sorry that you felt OpenAccess slowed you down, however I would strongly suggest that in the longer run it will cover all of your expectations. In order to gradually become familiar (and productive) with OpenAccess I would suggest having a look at our quick-start examples in our online help.

Also you can have a look at our SDK, which contains a lot of examples for using OpenAccess as well as useful links and contents. Please be reassured that we will be available to answer any and all of your questions and help you along the way. Any problems you might face we will address.

As to the Web Sites, you are correct, one cannot use OpenAccess directly in a web site. The problem is that OpenAccess enhances the compiled assembly with plumbing code that we use in runtime. And web site are not compiled, but rather recompiled per request. While this might seem troublesome it is actually a good idea to keep your model in a separate project even if using a web application.

I hope this was helpful and that your belief in OpenAccess is restored.

Kind regards,
Serge
the Telerik team

[John S.]

Serge,

Thank you for the response. I was trying to use it from within a website. I will try it out using a seperate project as suggested (as I do with your reporting tool) and hopefully things go a bit smoother.

Regards,
John