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• ORMs map to the wrong thing

  With direct access to relational databases being marginalised we need to question the next evolution of ORMs. Now our architectures have to be more considerate of other ways accessing data as relational models hide behind services, sit on the cloud or Read More... Posted 12 February 2009 21:48 by simon.munro | 5 Comments Filed under: SQL Server, Data Access, .NET, Azure, Cloud, Entity Framework, ALT.NET, Enterprise Architecture, ORM, SDS

• Getting SQL Certificates Directly from the Database

  I have a requirement, for service broker endpoints and queues, to automate the creation of a certificate on one server and load them up on another.  The manual way of doing this is something like this: 1. Use CREATE CERTIFICATE to create a self signed Read More... Posted 12 December 2008 17:33 by simon.munro | 0 Comments Filed under: SQL Server, C#, SQL Server 2008, SQL CLR, .NET

• Controllers, Doers and the Entity Framework

  I don't envy the work that Enterprise Architects (EA) do.  The closest that they actually get to architecture is describing, often in PowerPoint, a target 'to-be' architecture that will never actually materialize because something will change before Read More... Posted 10 December 2008 14:05 by simon.munro | 3 Comments Filed under: LINQ to SQL, Microsoft, .NET, Entity Framework, ALT.NET, Enterprise Architecture

• User Count - A TDD and LINQ update to a classic

  This t-shirt has been around for years... So I thought that it needed a bit of an update. Assert .AreNotEqual(0, users.Count(u => u.clue > 0)); Simon Munro Read More... Posted 05 December 2008 09:16 by simon.munro | 2 Comments Filed under: C#, .NET

• The Dark Clouds May Have an Azure Lining

  Imagine that you are a process owner, or some other senior person in the business, wanting to deliver a new system.  Lets say that you have come up with a great product that takes advantage of the current market uncertainties and has the chance of Read More... Posted 04 December 2008 17:07 by simon.munro | 0 Comments Filed under: Microsoft, .NET, Azure, Cloud