I am looking for ORM frameworks, came along to NHibernate, Genome, L2S, Entity Framework and now the DataObjects.NET.. So far a I read the documentation it seems pretty cabable, but have you ever tried this ORM?
Any issues/bugs with DO.NET would be approciated :)
I think you should take a look at LLBLGen Pro as well. I think this is probably the best .NET ORM out there.
Aside from the fact that this question sound a lot like an informercial, there's a big problem with DataObjects.Net - it's dual-licensed as a GPL or commercial w/o evaluation. So the answer is - no, I have not tried it and it is quite unlikely I will try it.
I have no beef with GPL (though I do not like it for various reasons), or dual-licensed products - after all the license choice is a right to the copyright holder. However, I also want to reserve that right for my software as well. I am writing commercial software, which I have no problem releasing as open source, but under a license of my choice. If I am to adopt a new ORM, I want, nay - I need to be able to release a CTP preview of my product to a limited set of customers for real-life testing. And that would mean I either have to splurge the money for DO.Net upfront without knowing whether my investment will benefit me; or I have to release my sources under a license that effectively takes away the control over my app from me and has the potential to ruin my business by commoditizing my product.
Now, if there was a limited evaluation license, say one month noncommercial use, I might consider giving it a quick trial and see how it works.
If a product wants commercial adoption, it needs to have a risk-free way for early adopters to evaluate it.
Does DataObjects.NET support SQL identity columns yet? I abandoned v3 because I couldn't find a way to support identity columns.