Welcome to the DotNet DAL Lib web site.

I originally created DotNet DAL Lib under the name PeteDALLib. I say this so that users of PeteDALLib won't be confused. The purpose of DotNet DAL Lib is to be a very easy to use DAL layer. It is not intended to be all things to all people nor is it meant to grow so big that users can no longer do simple things simply.

I will happily entertain feature requests of any kind, but I will only implement them if they they don't compromise the ease of use of the library. If DotNet DAL Lib can handle 95% of the situations where database work is needed, I think it's acceptable to have to hand-code the other 5% because the overall time saved is exceptional.

There are currently a number of limitations in DotNet DAL Lib which I would like to overcome by version 1.5. These include the requirement that primary keys be auto-incrementing integers (it should support whatever the database supports, including compound primary keys), a lack of support for a number of data types, and possible problems with certain types of databases (such as Access, where I think the primary key is not updated after an insert). Some of these are already in the requests for enhancements and bug reports.

I would also welcome help for any aspect of this project. If someone wants to do a better web page, please offer. If someone wants to assist in development, please offer. I would like to see this library come to support the features I've mentioned and ones I haven't thought of.

If you have any feature requests or bug reports, please do not post them in the forums. Please go to the project's SourceForge page and add them to the Bugs or RFE forums.

And feel free to contact me at: pdavis68@hotmail.com