Comments on: PHISSUG Chat #1: Forget SQL, Meet ORM http://blog.box.com.ph/2007/06/07/phissug-chat-1-forget-sql-meet-orm/ Everything you need. Now. In one blog! Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:28:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Greg Moreno http://blog.box.com.ph/2007/06/07/phissug-chat-1-forget-sql-meet-orm/comment-page-1/#comment-131749 Greg Moreno Sun, 11 Nov 2007 08:01:55 +0000 http://blog.box.com.ph/2007/06/07/phissug-chat-1-forget-sql-meet-orm/#comment-131749 The ORM approach is definitely a time saver. One reason the Ruby on Rails framework is fast becoming the primary choice for web-based app development is because of its ORM library (called ActiveRecord). However, an ORM is not always the perfect solution to the problem. Being another layer, you have to consider some performance impact, control, db changes, and how the ORM allows you to bypass it, if needed, without throwing the ORM-based code. The ORM approach is definitely a time saver. One reason the Ruby on Rails framework is fast becoming the primary choice for web-based app development is because of its ORM library (called ActiveRecord).

However, an ORM is not always the perfect solution to the problem. Being another layer, you have to consider some performance impact, control, db changes, and how the ORM allows you to bypass it, if needed, without throwing the ORM-based code.

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