You hate verbatim SQL queries with zero type safety for your code but you love their speed? Dapper.FastCrud is a fast orm built around essential features of the C# 6 / VB 14 that have finally raised the simplicity of raw SQL constructs to acceptable maintenance levels. These features leave no chance to mistypings or problems arising from db entity refactorings.

What to expect when working with Dapper.FastCrud in the DAL?

Type safety, clean code, less prone to errors, more peace of mind, while still being close to the metal. Here's a sample:

// Create paramters for the query
var queryParams = new 
{
    FirstName = "John",
    Street = "Creek Street"
};

// Get persons using the above created query parameters
var persons = dbConnection.Find<Person>(statement => statement
   .WithAlias("person")
   .Include<Address>(join =>
        join.InnerJoin()
            .WithAlias("address"))
   .Where($@"
        {nameof(Person.FirstName):of person} = {nameof(queryParams.FirstName):P} 
        AND {nameof(Address.Street):of address} = {nameof(queryParams.Street):P}")
   .OrderBy($"{nameof(Person.LastName):of person} DESC")  
   .Skip(10)
   .Top(20)
   .WithParameters(queryParams);

Features:

• Support for LocalDb, Ms Sql Server, MySql, SqLite, PostgreSql and SAP/Sybase SQL Anywhere.
• Entities having composite primary keys are supported, however note that the CRUD operations only support UNIQUE primary keys.
• Multiple entity mappings are supported, useful for partial queries in large denormalized tables and data migrations between different database types.
• All the CRUD methods accept a transaction, a command timeout, and a custom entity mapping.
• Fast pre-computed entity queries for simple CRUD operations.
• Compatible with component model data annotations.
• Opt-in relationships. As of 3.0, self referenced entities and multiple joins to the same target are also supported via aliases.
• A set of "formattables" are also included, which can be used even if you don't need the CRUD features of this library but you want to take advantage of the DB mappings.
• A generic T4 template for C# is also provided for convenience in the NuGet package Dapper.FastCrud.ModelGenerator.
• The following mapping styles are supported:
  • Database first (limited to SQL Server)
  • Code first, using model data annotations (preferred)
  • Fluent registration for POCO objects
  • Semi-POCO using metadata objects

Active Versions

• 3.3
• Test coverage: 76%

Check the release notes for the main library as well as the model generator for information about the recent changes.

WIKI

The wiki is a great place for learning more about this library.

Speed

Let's have a look at some popular ORMs out there and benchmark their speed:

• Dapper.SimpleCRUD v2.3.0
• DapperExtensions v1.7.0
• Entity Framework Core v7.0.3

Automatic Benchmark Report (Last Run: Friday, May 31, 2024)

Library	Operation	Op Count	Time (ms)	Time/op (μs)
Dapper	insert	10000	1,333.28	133.33
Fast Crud	insert	10000	1,396.15	139.62
Dapper Extensions	insert	10000	1,513.42	151.34
Simple Crud	insert	10000	1,490.36	149.04
Entity Framework - single op/call	insert	10000	15,056.93	1,505.69
Dapper	update	10000	1,290.22	129.02
Fast Crud	update	10000	1,314.45	131.45
Dapper Extensions	update	10000	1,541.99	154.20
Simple Crud	update	10000	1,381.38	138.14
Entity Framework - single op/call	update	10000	27,445.40	2,744.54
Dapper	delete	10000	1,209.75	120.98
Fast Crud	delete	10000	1,234.92	123.49
Dapper Extensions	delete	10000	1,327.86	132.79
Simple Crud	delete	10000	1,306.30	130.63
Entity Framework - single op/call	delete	10000	2,097.67	209.77
Dapper	select by id	10000	569.29	56.93
Fast Crud	select by id	10000	570.54	56.35
Dapper Extensions	select by id	10000	1,941.33	194.13
Simple Crud	select by id	10000	600.45	60.04
Entity Framework	select by id	10000	902.95	90.30
Dapper	select all	10000	532.22	53.22
Fast Crud	select all	10000	574.99	57.50
Dapper Extensions	select all	10000	3,012.01	301.20
Simple Crud	select all	10000	611.34	61.13
Entity Framework	select all	10000	1,465.61	146.56

Dapper is included for reference. All the libs involved get their own internal cache cleared before each run, the benchmark database is re-created, data file gets pre-allocated, and the statistics are turned off. The tests are following the same steps and are running in the same environment on the same number and size of records.

You can find more details about how to run the benchmarks yourself in the wiki.

Install the main library and the model generator via NuGet and enjoy!