Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) is a technique that lets you query and manipulate data from a database using an object-oriented paradigm.
– e-satis on StackOverflow
- Introduction to ORM at StackOverflow
- Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) at Wikipedia
- Object Relational Mapping In Detail at Agile Data
- Tools for ORM in Ruby include:
- see also Active Record Pattern