Talk:Database abstraction layer

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ORM is not Abstraction Layer

It's not important to differ between Mapping and Abstraction Layer? I've read about ORM in here.

API level abstraction layers

"Popular use[sic] for database abstraction layers are among object-oriented programming languages, which are similar to API level abstraction layers"

--Is this statement saying that OOP languages are similar to API level abstraction layers? If so, could that be elaborated on? If not, that is a misplaced modifier. Also I think "Popular use" should be changed to "Popular uses" to match the present plural verb "are." --Patriotic dissent (talk) 14:03, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's supposed to convey that OOP languages typically make heavy use of API-level DALs. An abstraction layer can be built in an OOP language, but OOP languages operate on an entirely different level. Henry Merriam (talk) 19:52, 29 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]