[orf]

> Mapping hand written queries results to structs and updating the DB yourself on the basis of what is in structs is not at all an ORM.

You just described a bad, home-grown Object Relational Mapper.

[RandomThoughts3]

No, absolutely not. You don’t even try to manipulate the DB using object-oriented concept in this case. That’s just a good old I/O layer used on a need to basis. This is not in any way an ORM by any sane definition of what an ORM is.