On 11/28/05, Raghu Kanchustambham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have not worked with iBATIS... and the intention was not to compare > hibernate vs. iBATIS ....
Heh, mine was. :) > The recommendation I was making was to use Hibernate instead > of raw JDBC calls embedded in your code. I am still not willing to go that far. I would much prefer seeing JDBC code in a data access layer to hibernate in a struts action class. JDBC is not evil, just low-level. The decision to use hibernate or iBATIS is more than "Ew, this connection stuff looks icky..." and will make your application *worse* if not done thoughtfully. > And surely ... designing your database the "hibernate way" brings > in some constraints which I think is OK if you are starting something > fresh... and as Larry pointed out may or may not be worth a > re-engineering effort. Agreed. Larry --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]