[TYPO3-dev] The extbase dilemma

[Jochen Rau]

Hi Daniel,

Daniel Brün <dbruen at saltation.de> writes:
> Extbase wants you to completely stay away from SQL, which can not be an
> option if the relational mapper is too weak to handle basic queries.

It's not the goal of Extbase to force you not to use SQL. You can use
SQL queries as you have done with in pi_base extensions. True: By now, that
comes with the cost of loosing most of the features Extbase offers in
the context of a controller action.

What do you mean by "basic queries"?

Jochen