First, we feel compelled to point out the single biggest con, in our opinion, to each of the
libraries mentioned below and, by contrast, the single biggest pro to the Active Record library??”
the built-in integration with the Ruby on Rails framework. If you??™re only planning on working
with Rails applications, there is no need to bother with any of the libraries in the following sections
at this time.
Also, it??™s important to note that the pros and cons we mention here are just our opinions
when comparing each library to Active Record for our own applications. It is not our intention
to demean or take anything away from each library. Again, each of these libraries could be
a perfect choice for your application needs.
DBI
DBI stands for Database Interface and is actually at the core or behind the scenes of many
of the other libraries mentioned in the following sections (it??™s also one of the backbones of
Active Record). This description comes directly from its documentation, ???The DBI package is
a vendor-independent interface for accessing databases.
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