From: Mike Stephens Date: 2010-11-17T22:34:18+09:00 Subject: Re: ORM's - Don't Do It! Skye Shaw!@#$ wrote in post #961372: > On Nov 12, 8:47am, Mike Stephens wrote >> Databases are supposed to be designed with external schemas ie you never >> program to a base table...ever! You program to views > > What happens when I want to make an update :( Did a bit of research last night. These databases have some ability to update views: Oracle DB2 Jet IDMS I'm sure there are more. People on this channel may be unaware of what databases can do. I believe for a long time MySQL did not have views at all. Or subqueries for that matter. Mickey Mouse web applications might be fine with a handful of tables, but in corporate contexts it is normal to see 100 or even a 1000 tables in a database. Managing all this via ORM approaches might be more difficult than at first appears. It's the difference between driving your car to work and running an airline. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.