Its really worth taking the time to learn well. Any library that abstracts that for you, is using some rules to create sql underneath, so knowing what its (prob

Its really worth taking the time to learn well. Any library that abstracts that for you, is using some rules to create sql underneath, so knowing what its (probably) doing can give you a lot of insight when tracking down performance problems or bugs. And, suggest changes you can make to the schema, or stored procedures if necessary to improve performance as well.