DotNet DAL Lib
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
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