If you also subscribe to Chris’ feed here at Elegant Code you might have determined that we work for the same organization. We both regularly use Sybase databases, in particular ASA and Ultralite, which, unlike Chris, I can spell correctly . We’re also both NHibernate users and have been for several years. We have 5 – 10 production applications using this combination of technologies.

But support in NHibernate for Sybase is not great. The basics work but some of the more advanced features are not implemented at all or are done poorly. Fortunately we have an excellent relationship with our vendor and have had for many years. Earlier this week they contacted me and mentioned that they will be undertaking an effort to improve their support for NHibernate and were looking for some beta testers.

For this effort they can be commended. It’s also telling (and significant) that OR/M usage is becoming mainstream enough for them to consider this effort worthwhile.

Glenn is going to be leading the effort (as he did for the Java version last year). If you want to influence the direction that we go then please tell us what needs to be fixed.

Jason Grundy