tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430866.post2778225857307510097..comments2024-01-02T08:54:14.406-05:00Comments on Peter Bromberg's UnBlog: SQL Server: "Don't Reinvent the Wheel" Departmentpeterbromberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18173639411723574123noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430866.post-83746878452012392942007-02-21T18:13:00.000-05:002007-02-21T18:13:00.000-05:00Ditto - don't re-invent the wheel! Been using the ...Ditto - don't re-invent the wheel! Been using the original one for a long time. The only thing that I'd like to see rolled into their framework for .NET 2.0 would be more thorough support for reading column values - especially for handling null values and mapping to nullable .NET primitives...good stuff otherwise...<BR/><BR/>Obviously the wheel that you have to develop your application will look very different in a year or two so code naturally atrophies. In certain cases in some companies you run into this. They're not reinventing the wheel but instead they're rolling with the same wheels they had installed years earlier. That may or may not be an issue, it can be when they get a flat tire, but definitely a whole other topic altogether ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02960026293215576451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430866.post-210502842462909432007-02-21T10:02:00.000-05:002007-02-21T10:02:00.000-05:00The SqlHelper class is one of the true gems of the...<I>The SqlHelper class is one of the true gems of the Patterns and Practices group [...]</I><BR/><BR/>I will jump on this bandwagon. All of my .NET applications use the Data Access Application Block (DAAB). It's spectacular in it's simplicity. How can you not love only worrying about three methods: .ExecuteReader, .ExecuteDataSet and .ExecuteNonQuery. All overloaded for parameterized queries.<BR/><BR/>We evaluated using the newer versions of the enterprise library but the older "SqlHelper" version is just too simple to use. One DLL and no configuration necessary.Havaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16497908317020542648noreply@blogger.com