Is using Session.Load any more performat than using Session.CreateCriteria with an Expression.Eq on the Primary key? I am generalizing my queries, but don't want to do so at the expense of performace.

thanks,
craig

Yes, Load is faster. First, there's less parsing and manipulation involved, second, Load can use second-level cache if that is enabled.

Thanks Sergey,

Are you saying that the second-level cache is not used when retrieving objects with CreateCritera?

craig

No, only the query cache may be used. The normal second-level cache can only be searched by class and id, so it is only useful for Load/Get and for lazy initialization.

Thanks for the clarification.

craig