What is the role of Active Record in Ruby on Rails?

The question is about Ruby on Rails

Answer:

Active Record is an ORM that comes bundled with Ruby on Rails. It binds classes in the Rails application to database tables and lets you work with the database using Ruby code, not SQL. The most simplistic explanation of the functionality of ActiveRecord is that it creates methods from which you can query the database for records of a certain class, create new records, update existing ones, or destroy them. It also supports complex associations, validations, and callbacks for the integrity and consistency of the data.

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