I am really surprised that you are using SA as ORM on MSSQL (sorry, since I don't touch mssql :) and most people I deal with are either MySQL or Postgres users)

I am really surprised that you are using SA as ORM on MSSQL (sorry, since I don't touch mssql :) and most people I deal with are either MySQL or Postgres users). > A good ORM helps you to generate the exact SQL you need. Right, but sometimes it's the driver that behave badly. (One of those days when I claim to have free time I should dig deeper, do a good performance analysis.. one day...)