> A lot of ORMs create SQL statements too, they have an integrated query builder.
These are technically active record libraries. One of the popular ones is literally known as ActiveRecord, but the whole suite of them are implementations of the active record pattern.
ORM is simply the process of converting relations (i.e. sets of tuples, i.e. rows and columns) into structured objects and back again. This layer of concern is independent of query generation.
These are technically active record libraries. One of the popular ones is literally known as ActiveRecord, but the whole suite of them are implementations of the active record pattern.
ORM is simply the process of converting relations (i.e. sets of tuples, i.e. rows and columns) into structured objects and back again. This layer of concern is independent of query generation.