For me it has been very worthwhile to learn the DAL because it abstracts away most of the problems of switching databases. However, I believe it is still of fundamental importance that we can see how it maps into SQL. The idea of adding an ORM on top of DAL is one abstraction too far for me.
My experience is that the further your data travels from home (the DB) the more difficult it is to manage. It somehow reminds me of taking the plates off the table and spinning them on sticks. It looks spectacular and clever at first, but of course the smallest problem makes them all crash. I believe that this link summarises many of my thoughts in a nice readable way: http://seldo.com/weblog/2011/06/15/orm_is_an_antipattern -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
