Object/Relational Mapping - No Thanks

I have already posted some of my current feelings on using object hierarchies to hold state. It should come as no surprise then, that I am also questioning value of object-to-relational mapping systems. Why in the world would I want some system to create a multitude of objects just so I could manage state (not behavior) using those objects.

I still end up with a brittle object model that is difficult to navigate and breaks when my state changes and exposes the rest of my code to that breakage. SQL and XML both provide simple ways to query and navigate using loosely coupled techniques.

Fewer objects, not more. It does not matter if they are auto-generated or not. I still have to use them in my code.