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Issue 9.5

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Object-Relational Mapping

Making databases easier

Issue: 9.5 (July/August 2011)
Author Bio: Paul Lefebvre has been using Real Studio for 9 years. His company, LogicalVue Software, specializes in creating database applications using Real Studio. Paul also runs the RBDevZone community site and is a founding member of the Association of REALbasic Professionals.
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Last time we learned about object-relational mapping and how it can simplify your code. But an ORM is not all unicorns and rainbows. This time we're are going to look at some of the downsides of using an ORM.

Disadvantages of ORM

Can be slower than direct DB access

As you might suspect, adding another layer to your database access can make your database reads and writes a bit slower than when accessing it directly.

The framework needs to map the class properties to the database columns and eventually create an SQL statement every time that data is loaded or saved. It's also possible that the ORM will create SQL behind the scenes that is not as optimized as what you could code by hand.

This can be mitigated somewhat by having the ORM cache your data. In this case, the ORM checks the cache before going to the database at all.

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