Posted by Tony Marston on 09/22/06 23:41

On ORM (Object Relational Mapper) most definitely does NOT facilitate data
retrieval. It is used when the structure within an object is different from
the structure within that part of the relational database with which it
connects, in which case you need a mapper to deal with the differences
between the two structures. If the two structures are identical then you
don't need a mapper because it is redundant.

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Tony Marston

http://www.tonymarston.net
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"Thierry Lam" <lamthierry@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I was reading the book AJAX in action and it mentions using ORM tools
> such as PEAR, EZPDO or Metastorage. The ORM is supposed to facilitate
> data retrieval. Is everyone out there using one of those ORM tools?
>

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