Grant Fritchey (4/22/2008)
EXCELLENT! Do you have links to documentation showing large scale systems using it and any long term uses, case studies, anything. I've been doing searches and I just haven't found it.
There is a page on the nHibernate development site that outlines a bunch of implentations, but they all look pretty small scale.
I'll try to find some NHibernate links.
From a DBA perspective, iBatis.NET should really be promoted more than it is. It takes a different approach from most other mappers. It takes care of all the plumbing code developers don't like to write, but then the actual sql is all coded in xml file. For the super lazy developer, you can even use a code generator like code smith to lay down your basic domain/entity objects and basic crud iBatis mapping files.
Because every query is in an xml file, it can be easily changed without re-writing the app and the dba can easily see every query, procedure, etc executed by the application. It's perfect for performance tuning and knowing what apps are doing without having to browse code or profile.