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Using ASP.NET Ajax it is really easy to excute a server side method and return some form data. In some cases you can implement Ajax functionality without chaning your code. It is more efficent than submitting the whole page but if you are using an UpdatePanel the server returns all of the Html contained in the UpdatePanel. This is not so bad if you only have a few controls but if you have a table witha number of fields the data returned can be quite large. Taking that one step further is client side binding to load form data.

Today I tried migrating my current project from using MSSQL Server to use MySQL Server. Theoretically this should be easy because my project uses NHibernate. As long as the structure of the MySQL database is the same as the MSSQL database I should be able to just change the NHibernate configuration

You have so many options when it comes to choosing a ORM these days. My personal favorite is nHibernate I have been using nHibernate for a few years now and I find it flexible really easy to use and has a growing community of users. Saying that I'm always on the lookout for something new which is where OpenAcess ORM form Telerik comes in, I use the Telerik RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX on some projects.I have always found it a good practice to minimize the number different 3rd party control vendors in an application. You usually have less problems integrating the controls and have a more consistent product.