Framework for storing objects in a relational database

Ruby
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Hi Rubyists!

I know, off course, that there is an implementation of the active record
pattern available. And for using it with Rails for tasks of midrange
complexity I consider it to be perfect.

But since this aproach suffers from some limitations, I would like to
know if there are efforts on the way to build a fully featured
DataGateWay/UnitOfWork/IdentityMap Framework?

I would prefer having it done this way because of the following problems
in my daily work:

  • No control over the database layout (this is supposed to happen very
    often)

  • Business logic far beyond the point of CRUD operations

  • I don’t want to have database like operations (i.e save) in the domain
    code, all I want there is sending the commit/abort signal to the Unit of
    Work. I want to be totaly indepent from the database. This feels more
    “correct” to me.

Who knows something about this subject, or is there a better place for a
discussion about it?

Thomas

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On 2/12/06, Thomas G. [email protected] wrote:

I know, off course, that there is an implementation of the active record
pattern available. And for using it with Rails for tasks of midrange
complexity I consider it to be perfect.

But since this aproach suffers from some limitations, I would like to
know if there are efforts on the way to build a fully featured
DataGateWay/UnitOfWork/IdentityMap Framework?

I assume you’re referring to these patterns:

http://www.martinfowler.com/eaaCatalog/tableDataGateway.html
http://www.martinfowler.com/eaaCatalog/unitOfWork.html
http://www.martinfowler.com/eaaCatalog/identityMap.html

Who knows something about this subject, or is there a better place for a
discussion about it?

I don’t know a lot, but am willing to investigate with you, I find ORM
in general to be interesting. And this forum/list/group is definitely
the place for a discussion about implementing these patterns in Ruby.

Jacob F.