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Can I use Drogon ORM for a low-code platform?

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Hello @an-tao @hwc0919 ,

I am building a **low-code platform** where administrators can dynamically create database tables, add columns, and establish foreign key relationships (like course_extra.teacher_id → teacher.id) **at runtime, without recompiling or restarting the service**.

I found that Drogon's ORM requires generating model classes via drogon_ctl, which must be compiled into the binary. This means we cannot dynamically add new tables or relationships in production.

In contrast, frameworks like **Spring Boot + JeecgBoot (low-code platform)** support dynamic tables by ditching static ORM models and using pure dynamic SQL + Map/JSON structures at runtime.

So my question is:
**If I want to build a real low-code platform, should I completely avoid using Drogon's ORM?**
And only use native SQL with Result/Json::Value without generated models?

Thank you very much for your clarification.

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