>JPA is great for people who don't want to learn SQL That's like saying Java is for people who don't want to learn C...or C is for people who don't want to lea

>JPA is great for people who don't want to learn SQL That's like saying Java is for people who don't want to learn C...or C is for people who don't want to learn assembly. It's the right tool for the right job. If you use it for everything, it's no so good.