Where is that best reference to compare Hibernate and Active Record?

Question

I like Active Record but many say it's bad in performance compared to Hibernate. There should be some good article out there but google can't help me.

Answer 1

I'm not sure what you mean? Active Record is a design pattern and Hibernate is a framework.

Do you mean comparing rails to hibernate w/java?

Answer 2

If what you want is to compare Active Record (Rails) and Data Mapper (Hibernate), the 'Data Source Architectural Patterns' chapter from Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture is a good place to start.

It explains clearly the concepts behind these patterns and when to use each one, but doesn't discuss specific implementations like Rails or Hibernate.

Answer 3

I think he refers to NHibernate and Castle ActiveRecord. Castle ActiveRecord is built upon NHibernate, and should result in similar performance.