Code generators vs. ORMs vs. Stored Procedures

Question

In what domains do each of these software architectures shine or fail?

Which key requirements would prompt you to choose one over the other?

Please assume th

Answer 1

You forgot a significant option that deserves a category of its own: a hybrid data mapping framework such as iBatis.

I have been pleased with iBatis because it lets your OO code remain OO in nature, and your database remain relational in nature, and solves the impedance mismatch by adding a third abstraction (the mapping layer between the objects and the relations) that is responsible for mapping the two, rather than trying to force fit one paradigm into the other.