Reverse engineer an ORM

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Published on 2010-04-15T01:18:39Z Indexed on 2010/04/15 1:23 UTC
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Given a [mysql] database with a given schema, is it possible to generate an ORM interface for it? doesn't matter if its php, python or perl.

in other words, I have a database and I have to ask it a few questions. while I could just craft a bunch of SQL queries (okay, several dozen), this is way more interesting to think about.

is this a valid question, even? I have no design background with ORMs, but I've used a few (django's, symfony's, etc).

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