Project that uses CodeSmith to generate the table classes

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I just got the code source of a project from a friend. He used CodeSmith to generate the database and table classes but now i want to add one more table to the database. Obviously i dont have codesmith to regenerate the database so my question is if i can just use another ORM, like Dapper to use the new table called "users"?

Yes, that should work. CodeSmith is likely just generating ADO.NET code, although I believe they have ORM templates as well. — Michael Maddox, Nov 28 '12 at 21:30

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 09 '13 at 19:19

I work for CodeSmith Tools. I've seen first hand that it is better to stick with one tool / templates for future regeneration/additional features/new db tables. If you don't, managing the project long term will be a nightmare, especially when a change occurs database side.

Project that uses CodeSmith to generate the table classes

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