Converting the DotNetNuke Survey module to use the DAL+ (in VB and C#)
Posted by: Joe Brinkman,
on 26 Oct 2006 |
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The DAL vs. The DAL+
Using the normal DotNetNuke Data Access Layer (DAL) design, we would create a database provider class (Concrete Provider) that communicated with the database and overrode methods in an abstract class (Abstract Data Provider). The abstract class sits between the concrete provider class and the Business Logic Layer (Controller Class). This would have allowed us to substitute an alternate database provider class to communicate with other databases.
The DAL+ does not require an...