POSTS

2026

Migrating from Dapper to RepoDB

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Even RepoDB is not just another ORM anymore, what started as a Dapper-shaped micro-ORM has grown into a layered platform — see RepoDB’s New Architecture — with its own provider-specific connectors, high-throughput Bulk/Batch operations, and an Insights stack for telemetry sitting above the same core CRUD surface. None of that changes the migration path below — the CRUD layer this post covers is still the part that talks to IDbConnection the same way Dapper does — but it’s worth knowing upfront that migrating gets you a foundation to grow into, not just a like-for-like swap.

Introducing RepoDb.Connector.MariaDb - RepoDB’s de-facto connector for MariaDB in .NET

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We just announced RepoDB Connectors, a new home for dedicated, provider-specific ADO.NET data providers built for RepoDB — read the announcement at Introducing RepoDB Connectors — Starting with MariaDB if you haven’t yet. This post goes one level deeper into the first connector that shipped out of it, RepoDb.Connector.MariaDb: why it exists, how it’s laid out internally, the objects it exposes, and enough code to get productive with it right away.

Getting Started with RepoDB Insights Default Telemetry

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RepoDB Insights is the companion solution for RepoDB’s Telemetry feature — a six-container stack that receives, stores, and visualizes the operation-level telemetry your application emits. This post walks through standing it up locally: what docker compose up actually does, how to wire an application into it, and what each of the six images is responsible for.

2021

2020

FSharp ClassHandler

23 minute read

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Today, we are announcing the availability of RepoDb v1.12.0. The released packages also come with their bundles, the extension libraries at v1.1.0. See below.

C#: Bulk Operations for .NET Core

8 minute read

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We would like to share with you the latest and greatest updates of RepoDB ORM. Recently, we just published the complete out-of-the-box support of Bulk Operations for SQL Server in .NET data access space.

What will make you choose RepoDB over Dapper

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In this page, we will share with you the differences and what sets RepoDB apart from Dapper. We tried our best to make a 1-to-1 comparison for most areas. This page will hopefully help you decide as a developer to choose RepoDB as your micro-ORM (with a compelling reason).