ORMs do not inherently build queries. They only provide data transformations between relations (i.e. rows and columns) and objects. Hence the literal name: Object relation mapping. You can absolutely have ORM without query building just as much as you can have query building without ORM.
Sometimes ORMs and query builders are combined into a higher order system, such as what is described by the active record pattern. This might be what you are actually thinking of instead?
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ORMs do not inherently build queries. They only provide data transformations between relations (i.e. rows and columns) and objects. Hence the literal name: Object relation mapping. You can absolutely have ORM without query building just as much as you can have query building without ORM.
Sometimes ORMs and query builders are combined into a higher order system, such as what is described by the active record pattern. This might be what you are actually thinking of instead?