http://www.orasissoftware.com/Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.orasissoftware.com/news/default.aspx?a=13We listened to you! we took everything you said into serious consideration. Orasis is planning the road map for the next release with new exciting features, better usability. Stay tuned. Help us make Orasis better, Use our FAQ section at http://www.orasissoftware.com/faqs/afmmain.aspx to find your answers and post questions and suggestions that you may have. Comment on our articles in our forum at http://forums.orasissoftware.com/. Log in any issues that may find. We are here and we respond very fast. Our support team is working very hard to assure customer satisfaction.]]>http://www.orasissoftware.com/support.aspxFri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.orasissoftware.com/news/default.aspx?a=11Orasis Software releases the Orasis Mapping Studio 2009 Database Edition; a round trip Visual toolset that assists developers building open database access code targeting performance, development time and maintenance.

The Studio integrates with Microsoft Visual 2005 and 2008 through auto generated project files that can be added to any project solution. It supports .Net 2.0, 3.0 and 3.5 frameworks, C# and VB.Net and major database vendors like SQL Server, Oracle, MySql, Microsoft Access and any ODBC data source.

The Studio’s Unit Test Workbench allows developers to test their data tier performance at the method level. Each method can be benchmarked without writing any code by executing the final generated code without leaving   the workbench.

The Studio’s powerful Query designer assists developers to build and use parameterized queries; Developers can now visually analyze queries and benchmark them before they decide to map them to code. The Mapping Wizard simply auto generates the code based on the code setting preferences.

The Studio’s Library Reflector allows developers to utilize their class libraries that do not and should not resemble the physical database table schemas. With no requirements on the development of the data models such as attributing them or implementing interfaces or extending third party classes or even requiring them to contain ID properties, developers can simply provide a default constructor and start mapping! The Reflector brings in all of the needed assembly dependencies in the project. Developers can even add library dependencies the same way that they are familiar with.

The Studio’s Field Mapping control enables nested object graph mappings between SQL columns/parameters and object fields. Use the pure object models that you have generated by visually mapping them to query results and parameters. Visually expand nested class references or simply replace them with derived instances. Replace interfaces with their implementation classes, or simply replace an abstract class with one of its implementation classes. The Studio’s Smart Data Access code generation engine will minimize the number of statements that are required to select, insert, update and delete whether the mappings target queries or stored procedures. With full knowledge of database metadata at design time, .Net object metadata and standard .Net conversions the code generation engine  produces extremely efficient code free of any reflection code.

The Studio’s .Net Code Generation and Build engine compiles both SQL and .Net code and thus guaranteeing the validation of the data access tier from database changes. Now you can connect, map, compile, run, benchmark and simply export your data tier to be used by the rest of your system development teams.  ]]>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.orasissoftware.com/news/default.aspx?a=9http://www.orasissoftware.com/faqs/afmmain.aspxWed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.orasissoftware.com/news/default.aspx?a=6Should you choose an ORM implementation or simply allow a tool to craft your data services to your actual and immediate needs? Do you need both options in your projects? Can an ORM implementation satisfy the performance requirements, the ease of use and ease of changes? Can you really avoid SQL at no cost? Does an object query language make our lives easier or harder?]]>http://forums.orasissoftware.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=3&page=1#Item_1Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.orasissoftware.com/news/default.aspx?a=5http://forums.orasissoftware.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=2&page=1#Item_1Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.orasissoftware.com/news/default.aspx?a=4With the ability to auto generate pure ADO.Net source code with no third party library dependencies, and considering the fact that a database transaction in the object world involves some classes and some tables in the database, the concept of the custom mapping becomes very attractive. What was really missing was software that allows the easy binding of the two. A mapping is simply made up of two units and has two flavors. It can originate from Objects to RDBMS or vice versa]]>http://forums.orasissoftware.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=5&page=1#Item_1Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.orasissoftware.com/news/default.aspx?a=3In concept, estimating the return on investment (ROI) of a technology initiative is like any other capital budgeting process. The objective is to estimate the cash flows/savings likely to be generated by the technology initiative and determine whether these cash flows exceed the costs of designing, building and operating the systems and processes associated with the initiative]]>http://forums.orasissoftware.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=7&page=1#Item_1Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.orasissoftware.com/news/default.aspx?a=2