>>I used to be a big Stored Proc guy, but I have since started to use an ORM which creates SQL on the fly. I've heard lately that creating Stored Procedures for Data Access is purely "shaving the yak".
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>>Anyway, to each their own, but since I stopped caring about creating a Stored Proc for everything I've noticed things starting to get done a lot faster.
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>Thank you, Mike. I will have to Google ORM but if you could provide a link I would appreciate it.
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>And as I said to Naomi and William, time and stability are important to me. So when you say "get done a lot faster" I listen.

I use NHibernate and it has drastically lowered my development time. There was a big learning curve though, so it's not something you would see an immediate return on.