As others have said, Ecto is the layer you would use to connect to Postgresql. It's pretty different from ActiveRecord, not necessarily in good or bad ways. It'

As others have said, Ecto is the layer you would use to connect to Postgresql. It's pretty different from ActiveRecord, not necessarily in good or bad ways. It's just different. Rather than try to give examples, take a look at their Github page: https://github.com/elixir-lang/ecto https://github.com/elixir-lang/ecto