What are good alternatives to ORMs (DBIx::Class), and how do they compare?

Discover robust alternatives to ORMs like DBIx::Class for database interactions in Perl. Explore how these alternatives stack up against DBIx::Class in terms of performance, flexibility, and learning curve.
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# Example using DBI for database interaction without an ORM use DBI; # Connect to the database my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:database_name", "username", "password", {'RaiseError' => 1}); # Prepare and execute a query my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = ?"); $sth->execute(1); # Fetch results while (my @row = $sth->fetchrow_array()) { print "User: $row[1]\n"; # Assuming the second column is the username } # Clean up $sth->finish(); $dbh->disconnect();

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