This isn't SQL as a body, it's an interpolated (and hopefully properly-escaped) string that ends up being SQL. IMO there's a big difference. (Also, Ecto isn't a

This isn't SQL as a body, it's an interpolated (and hopefully properly-escaped) string that ends up being SQL. IMO there's a big difference. (Also, Ecto isn't an ORM, by definition.) I don't yet understand how this helps me. * Ecto's DSL is thin * The DSL is Elixir, so the IDE/editor helps me * SQL embedded in a string is sort-of SQL, but invisible to the IDE It seems like the worst of both worlds.