Simple Data Access Layer

Question

Can anyone suggest a simple Data Access Layer (C# .NET)? Not keen on using the Microsoft Application Data Access block, seems very bloated and overkill. Also don\'t want to use

Answer 1

Here is a complete list: ORM tools ".Net"

ADO.NET Entity Framework, Microsoft’s ORM (released with .NET 3.5 SP1)
Base One Foundation Component Library, free or commercial
BCSEi ORM Code Generator, free or commercial
Business Logic Toolkit for .NET, open source
Castle ActiveRecord, ActiveRecord for .NET, open source
DataObjects.Net v4.0, open source, commercial
DevForce, commercial, N-Tier
Developer Express, eXpress Persistent Objects (XPO)
EntitySpaces, commercial
Euss, open source
Habanero, Free open source
iBATIS, Free open source
Invist,free ORM and code generation tool
LLBLGen, open source drivers, commercial
LightSpeed, free or commercial
Neo, open source
NConstruct, commercial
NHibernate, open source
Opf3, free and commercial
ObjectMapper .NET, GPL and commercial license
OpenAccess, free or commercial TierDeveloper, free ORM and code generation tool
Persistor.NET, free or commercial
Quick Objects, free or commercial
Sooda, open source; BSD license
Subsonic, open source
Orasis, free trial or buy.
Telerik, express or buy.
CSLA.NET, free.
ECO, free or commercial
nhydrate, open source
.netTiers, open source
dapper-dot-net, open source
codesmithtools plinqo, open source