Code First Entity Framework Or NHibernate

Question

I'm pretty new to Code First EF 4.1 and NHibernate. I need to develop a ORM that must have following features.

I'm a bit confuse which one to choose. Please kindly advice.

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 09:58

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Well, here's a general comparison of features:

Regarding your needs, both EF and NH support 1, 2, 3 and 5.

Logging is a different story. EF has absolutely nothing out of the box. NH logs everything, and you can choose diffent levels, loggers, etc.

edited May 23 '17 at 09:58

Community

answered Jul 25 '11 at 15:23

Diego Mijelshon

Just a NOTE, that both are ... the same (It could be read this way, while you did **NOT** stated it explicitly;). What makes me crazy in EF is, that I cannot map `smallint` (DB) into `int` (C#). Let's say, that DB admins have optimized some primary keys (referenced in a *fact* table with millions of records - reasonable)... and I have to change App tier implementation. Where is Separation of Concern? That is not an issue with NHibernate. But these small differencies I am finding everywhere... – Radim Köhler Jun 12 '13 at 02:53

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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I use NHibernate and I think you can achieve all of your request with it.

Try look here for more info:

edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

Community

answered Jul 25 '11 at 07:33

danyolgiax

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 25 '11 at 08:25

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I would go for Nhibernate. It supports all these features and is more battle-tested than EF at this point in time.

answered Jul 25 '11 at 08:25

Sriram

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 16 '13 at 18:56

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It might be a bit late, but I've just published a more recent comparison of NHibernate 3.x and Entity Framework 5 and 6. http://www.dennisdoomen.net/2013/03/entity-framework-56-vs-nhibernate-3.html

answered Mar 16 '13 at 18:56

Dennis Doomen

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