> Hibernate (and presumably any ORM) was never intended to be a complete abstraction of anything-SQL. Like others have mentioned here, an understanding of SQL must be had before using an ORM.
Disagree. You need to understand the relational model, but you don't need to understand SQL-the-language. I've written plenty of successful systems using hibernate without needing to touch SQL, and am much happier for it.
Disagree. You need to understand the relational model, but you don't need to understand SQL-the-language. I've written plenty of successful systems using hibernate without needing to touch SQL, and am much happier for it.