Andres Aguiar's Weblog

The guys from Pragmatier are going to release a new free/open-source O/R mapper for .Net.

I believe that we can produce models that can be 'executed'. I also believe that UML is not the way to go to achieve it.

Some interesting discussions around datasets and webservices are happening in the blogsphere.

From an exhibitor point of view, TechEd was really good. I only had the chance to go to some BOFs and a couple of presentations (Luca's on ObjectSpaces and a couple of VSIP ones), because I was quite busy in the booth, and when the hall was closed I needed to catch up with email, write some code because I was working on a supercool new feature, and meet people.

In the current version of the .NET framework, if you need to open two DataReaders at the same time, you need to open two connections. This will be not necessary in Yukon because it will support 'MARS'.

Mark is a Lead Program Manager in the XML group (or in the WebData group?). Sometime ago I found this document by Mark Fussell Object/Relational mapping, and was kind of interested on how it felt to do the trip from O/R mapping to XML. It's an interesting one, and I think it's a trip in the right direction.

In the PDC I was not able to get into the O/R mapping BOF because of my 'Exhibitor' badge. This time it seems 'all badges' are allowed in the BOFs so I made it.

- We built the DeKlarit booth today, so I got to see the exhibit hall. It's huge. I think it's the biggest I've ever seen.