The first EntitySpaces 2008 Beta is available on our download page. If you have the Alpha installed you should uninstall it before installing the Beta. There is no need to uninstall EntitySpaces 2007, you can run ES2007 and ES2008 side by side.

Limitations

Only our Microsoft SQL provider is supplied with this Beta and there is no Compact Framework support yet. Finally, only the C# templates are included. MyGeneration and CodeSmith are supported however in this single install.

New Features

The EntitySpaces 2008 Beta includes sub queries and casting.

Changes for our MyGeneration Users

The EntitySpaces templates for MyGeneration now use there own user meta data. You will find a new template in the root of the EntitySpaces 2008 namespace in MyGeneration called UserData. The first time you run it the template will convert your old user meta data (if any) to our new format and file name (esUserData.xml). Also, you will need to re-setup any custom settings you have made in the Settings template (replaces esPluginSettings) located in the root also.

Also, a gentle reminder that we cannot spend our time writing complex queries for our users. Look at our samples on our blog linked under "New Features" above.

Summary

We are now going to start converting our other providers (including our Compact Framework providers) very rapidly. It could be that we decide to release a beta before the schedule April 27th Beta as listed on our roadmap. So if you aren't using SQL Server there might be a chance to get started before April 27th.

From mobile devices to large scale enterprise solutions in need of serious transaction support, EntitySpaces can meet your needs. Whether you’re writing an ASP.NET application with medium trust requirements, a Mono application, or a Windows.Forms application, the EntitySpaces architecture is there for you. EntitySpaces is provider independent, which means that you can run the same binary code against any of the supported databases. EntitySpaces is available in both C# and VB.NET. EntitySpaces uses no reflection, no XML files, and sports a tiny foot print of less than 200k. Pound for pound, EntitySpaces is one tough, dependable .NET architecture.

The EntitySpaces Team
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EntitySpaces LLC
Persistence Layer and Business Objects for Microsoft .NET
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