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BOOK: Beginning ASP.NET 4 : in C# and VB
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March 15th, 2011, 03:13 PM
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Stored Procedures
Hi Imar,
is there a reason that you didn't include Strored Procedures in your book Beginning ASP.NET 4?
Are they not popular with Developers anymore?
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TDG
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March 15th, 2011, 03:32 PM
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Hi there,
I did include them; the Membership and Roles providers use them in the aspnetdb database.... ;-)
Kidding aside, they are still popular, and I still use them in many projects. However, I consider them to be a more advanced topic. Since I didn't want to write a 1,600 page Beginners book (or actually, since you didn't want to buy and read a 1,600 page Beginners book), I decided to leave this topic out.
Also, for many common scenarios, EF or L2S is more than enough for data access and you don't need them anymore. I think I cut the projects that use them in halve since I use EF a lot....
Cheers,
Imar
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March 15th, 2011, 05:22 PM
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Thanks for your reply.
EF next chapter :)
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TDG
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March 16th, 2011, 02:22 PM
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Hi Imar,
Also, for many common scenarios, EF or L2S is more than enough for data access and you don't need them anymore [Store Procedures].
I don't really agree with that point. Even in 2011, many companies still continue to use SQL Server 2000 in common scenarios. As you probably know, this version of SQL Server is not supported by Visual Studio 2010 and by Microsoft anymore. So, only considering EF or L2S for database access is like shooting himself in the foot. I unfortunately know what Iâm talking about⦠;-).
Moreover, one advantage of Store Procedures above EF or L2S is that the version of SQL Server can be abstracted, making web applications more flexible.
I agree with you on the fact that Stored Procedures is a more advanced topic, and nobody wants to find big boring theory about it in your book. But some simple explanations about how to call Stored Procedures and retrieve data from them could be a great addition to chapter 15.
Cheers,
Mikael
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March 16th, 2011, 03:20 PM
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Absolutely. I agree with what you say.
I didn't say they were obsolete or not used anymore. I said they are not needed in many common cases (while I acknowledge they are still common in many other cases). I have seen tens or hundreds of sites in the past year that don't use them anymore while they would have been used pre EF.
Personally, I think stored procedures are better off in the Pro ASP.NET series.
Cheers,
Imar
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