If we want to use SQL/relational databases in Rust, there is no other crate to think about than Diesel. If you need access to NoSQL databases such as Redis or MongoDB, you will also find proper crates, but since the most used databases are relational databases, we will check Diesel here.
Diesel makes working with MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, and SQLite very easy by providing a great ORM and typesafe query builder. It prevents all potential SQL injections at compile time, but is still extremely fast. In fact, it's usually faster than using prepared statements, due to the way it manages connections to databases. Without entering into technical details, we will check how this stable framework works.
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