# Groovy SQL

Groovy Sql provides simple way to access database. It becomes handy when an application is supposed to only fetch data and we want to avoid Hibernate.

Still, if we need to work with domain objects, it is better to use GORM that provides full package to perform CRUD operations. This chapter provides information how to use Groovy SQL in Grails application with Vaadin.


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