Fastest method for SQL Server inserts, updates, selects

Question

I use SPs and this isn\'t an SP vs code-behind \"Build your SQL command\" question. I\'m looking for a high-throughput method for a backend app that handles many small trans

Answer 1

This one has been around a while but if you're open to using a very Micro-ORM, just use dapper-dot-net.

It has very clean syntax, is extremely fast, and easy to drop into any project. It is being used in production at StackOverflow, and this page was likely brought to you by it. Has support for all the usual SQL methods as extension methods and supports async on everything.

Some performance comparisons:

• Fetch performance of various .NET ORM data access frameworks
• Speed Comparison: Dapper vs EF
• Codefluent entities performance comparison